Forest Fires Out West
- “Canadian army called in as Saskatchewan fires force 13,000 to evacuate” – “Soldiers to arrive in northern Saskatchewan, where fires force 9,000 from homes” – “Hundreds of wildfires prompt Canadian troop deployment” – “Canadian Armed Forces to help in response to wildfires in Saskatchewan”
What’s Canada Buying?
- “Member of Parliament Andrew Saxton Announces Investments in Canadian Armed Forces facilities throughout Metro Vancouver” – “Federal Infrastructure Investments Across Canada and in Metro Vancouver”
- “A New Rifle For The Rangers”
#CANvsISIL
- “Canada Condemns Bombings in Iraq”
- The latest on Canada’s Operation IMPACT here, and on news from around that part of the world here (list of links) and here (Twitter list)
Internal Security
- “Government abruptly drops Supreme Court appeal on overseas CSIS spying”
- “Confirming Arthur Porter’s death in Panama on hold” – more
- “Former Windsor man pleads guilty to storing bomb materials for Hezbollah — A Cyprus court has sentenced a former Windsor man to six years in jail after he pleaded guilty ….”
- “Documentary filmmaker reflects on 25 years since Oka Crisis” – “Oka standoff: Mohawk barricades went up 25 years ago”
Other
- “Spare parts harder to find for Victoria-class submarines”
- “Canadian Tire donates $300K in support of military families”
- “14 Wing invests Terry Kelly as Honorary Colonel” – “Terry Kelly appointed honorary colonel for 14 Wing Greenwood”
- “Make me a tank: 3D printing and computer animation leading the way in training the future Canadian Army”
Afghanistan
World War Two
- “Minister of Veterans Affairs honours Military Veterans for their contributions to Canada’s engagement in the Second World War”
- “A memorial service was held at Canada Green in Crowborough (UK) …. to remember the nine soldiers of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment from Ontario, killed when a Doodlebug came down on their camp on Crowborough Common on 5th July 1944 ….”
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