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Military monuments to honour Canada’s Afghan war effort
Across Canada many of the cenotaphs marking the fallen veterans of wars and conflict. They and other locations of significance, perhaps armouries or Royal Canadian Legion branches, or even city parks...
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ARTS- non-fiction book “Combat Doctor” Dr. Marc Dauphin
On this edition of our spotlight on arts, culture, and lifestyle, a reprise of an eye-opening look at the lifesaving work of the tremendously dedicated, hard-working medical staff at a Canadian trauma...
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Update on military imposter
It is a very rarely used law, mostly because there are so very few cases of the incident occurring. Nonetheless, a man who impersonated a soldier during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa, has now...
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Official Opposition MP raises Question of Privilege over PM’s statements on...
After failing on Monday to get an emergency debate on Canada’s military role in Iraq, Official Opposition NDP party Member of Parliament Jack Harris came back Wdnesday (January 28) with a Question of...
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Update: impersonating military officer
He looked every bit the part- to the non-military eye, of a wellturned out and decorated sergeant in the Canadian Forces.. Last year in the nation’s capital on the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day,...
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History: July 25th 2006 ”My God they’ve killed Wolf!
“Wolf” was Canadian Forces Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener. On July 25th, 2006 the 44 year old Canadian soldier and three other peacekeepers, from Austria, China, and Finland, were in an underground...
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Realistic film thriller “Hyena Road”-Canada in Afghanistan: Paul Gross
Canada’s history is as exciting as any in the world. Trouble is, it doesn’t get told very often. Canadian military history suffers the same fate. A new action feature film is helping to change that. As...
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History: Oct.13, 1970-How far would you go? Just watch me.
“Just watch me” have become three of the most famous words in Canadian political history. Uttered by Canada’s then Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, it also marked the beginning of the end of the...
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Memorial ceremony for murdered Canadian soldiers
A special memorial service will be held in the national capital, Ottawa, tomorrow Thursday October 22, to commemorate two Canadian Forces soldiers. The two were not killed in combat, nor in some...
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The LINK Online Sat.13.,2016
your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marc Listen Royal Canadian Air Force members of Air Task Force-Iraq and several members of the coalition participate in the SHAMAL SERIALS, a combat search and rescue exercise...
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No end in sight to battle against ISIS
Whether you call is ISIS, ISIL, or DAESH, Canada’s top military officer says the battle isn’t over, and the end is not in sight. Gen. Jonathan Vance, Chief of Defence Staff, spoke this week in an...
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History, May 25, 2000 Canada’s unknown soldier comes home
There are thousands of young soldiers buried in Europe whose identities have been lost. These are the unknown soldiers. The Canadian section of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records show that...
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Hot computer parts, National Defence fraud
A 33-year-old civilian employee of Canada’s Defence Department has been has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and breach of trust. Andrew Heggaton worked for the Canadian Forces Cryto Support Unit...
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Canada history, Feb 1, 1968; the unwelcome remaking of Canada’s military
There had been talk of this for years, even as far back as shortly after the Second World War; the merging of the three main military arms Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air...
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Canada history: Feb 7, 2010: The shocking case of Col. Williams
It was truly a case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and it rocked Canada’s Armed Forces and shocked the entire country. Canadians generally have a very high regard for their military forces. The military...
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Canadian military- millions worth of lost and stolen items
Things have always gone missing from the Canadian military, as is probably the case for a lot of military forces. This is often because of the rushed nature of missions around the world, or even the...
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Coming up, a new, slightly fresher version of Canada’s national anthem.
Sometimes entitled O! Canada, O Canada!, or just O Canada, this country’s national anthem has had a bit a winding path. To start with, unlike most countries anthems, it comes in two languages. Indeed...
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Inspiring women to join the Canadian Forces: Short sessions offer a taste of...
Women in Force Programme The Canadian Forces are eager to increase the number of women in the military. There is a perception that women generally are intimidated by the idea of a military career so a...
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Military contracting: Compromising security over apparent cost savings?
Canada’s public service union and its 18,000 member defence employees union have raised concerns about federal government plans to outsource a major military maintenance contract. They are concerned...
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Canada sends relief supplies for children to Texas
A Canadian Air Force Hercules airplane delivered relief supplies like baby formula, blankets and cribs to Texas to help in the recovery from Hurricane Harvey. About 750,000 people were ordered to leave...
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