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American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new commander of Norad says, a strategy that fits “hand−in−glove” with Canada’s renewed focus on Arctic defence. U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot took over command…
Similar to previous waves, nearly two in three Canadians prefer increasing…
Uplands will be the site for a new $65-million military facility to control…
A leading member of the Ukrainian parliament delivered stark warnings to…
The recruiting hole in which the Canadian military finds itself is deeper and…
There will be money set aside in today’s federal budget for the Department of…
The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and Free,…
A sharper focus on the Arctic in Ottawa’s defence policy is a strategic move…
The Liberals’ latest national defence plan was a full two years in the works,…
With absolutely no exceptions, every defence policy presented by the Canadian…
Since November 2023, Yemen’s Ansar Allah militia – known as the Houthis, after its…
Canada is promising to pump billions into the military. The Liberal government’s…
Canada will raise military spending by more than $8 billion over the next five years…
The Canadian military says a soldier is presumed dead after being caught in an…
The authors are grateful to numerous defence and security strategists including…
A female former Afghan interpreter who worked for the Canadian government in…
Inarguably bigger and more seasoned than it was when it was born from the ashes of…
On Thursday, NATO turned 75 and maybe we should pause to consider the nature of an…
NATO, the longest-enduring alliance of democracies, turns 75 on April 4. The formal…
At the 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit, members announced the formation of the enhanced…
A few dozen Canadian Armed Forces members have been deployed to Jamaica to train…
An almost two-year-long internal investigation into how military police handled…
In the coming decade, mainland China can be expected to continue affirming,…
The military has dropped its aptitude test from the application process for dozens…
Canada’s military ombudsman is calling on the Department of National Defence (DND)…
Canadian peace research group Project Ploughshares says statements by Foreign…
Canada’s top soldier was told he couldn’t use the word “cut” in a memo to…
There’s a school of thought that suggests it’s never a good idea to disagree…
The Canadian Forces is facing “a death spiral” when it comes to recruitment, even…
Only 58 per cent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) would be able to respond if called…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been on the defensive over Canada’s defence…
Three new public opinion surveys suggest Canadians are growing more concerned…
Some commentators are raising the alarm that Canada’s military can’t seem to hire…
It’s 2025, three years into the Ukraine conflict. and Russia, emboldened by its…
Canada is open to sending a limited number of military personnel to train…
Citing everything from troop shortages to dwindling ammunition stocks to aging…
The cost of the Liberal government’s nearly seven-year-old marquee defence plan…
If it were any other time — and if the stakes weren’t so high — the swift…
Canadian parliamentary committees — and even the leader of the official…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada’s defence spending levels as he…
The U.S. ambassador to Canada says the world is closely watching Canada’s defence…
Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada has asked the Ukrainian government how it…
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