MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – January 15, 2016
#CANvsISIL
- “Canada Condemns Attacks in Jakarta” – “Stéphane Dion offers support to Indonesia after attack that killed Canadian” – “Ottawa Working to Confirm Identity Of Canadian Killed In Jakarta Attacks: Dion” – “Ottawa confirme la mort d’un Canadien dans les attentats de Jakarta et appelle à la vigilance”
- Via the Info-machine “Eyes on the sky: Aerospace control operators at work on Operation Impact”
- “ISIL fight forgets lessons of first Gulf War”
- Ceasefire.ca pipes up (although you CAN edit the letter to the PM …) “Sign the letter: Prime Minister, end the bombing!”
- “Trudeau hearing different tone in advice on Middle East, memo suggests”
Everyone Else Against ISIL
- “Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq”
- Nice knowing you, bud! “American folk singer hopes peace concert for ISIS will win over terror group — A Portland musician says he has felt a calling to travel to an ISIS-ravaged region of Syria in an effort to spread a message of peace …”
Syria/Refugees
- “Refugee program begins shifting focus from logistics to integration”
- “Isolationism and Canada’s role in the Syrian refugee crisis”
- “Security Council calls emergency meeting on Syrian sieges”
Canada Into Africa?
- Alternative commentary: “Canada’s colonial misadventures in Africa have strengthened Boko Haram’s hand”
Internal Security
- “Thousands flying to Canada flagged for security checks by new system”
- “Le ministre Goodale était à Londres et à Paris pour mieux paramétrer la lutte commune au terrorisme”
What’s Canada Buying?
- “Losing bidder in long-awaited military truck contract files trade challenge — The Harper government’s last military procurement deal is being challenged before an international trade tribunal …”
- “Trade tribunal accepts weapons-maker’s challenge of $834M deal”
- “DND helped boost bids for Canadian armoured vehicle contacts in Kuwait, UAE”
Canada’s Saudi Arms Deal
- Commentary “Why is Canada making arms deals with the Saudis?” – “Saudi Arms Deal Will Shape Canada’s Character (For Better Or Worse)” – “The Saudi arms deal: What we’ve learned so far, and what could happen next”
Way Up North
Veterans & Helping Veterans
- “Ottawa’s Plan Not Good Enough for Disabled Vets, Advocate Says”
- “Korean peacekeepers deserve benefits, Stoffer says”
- “Veterans minister Kent Hehr working on housing plan for homeless vets”
Other
- “Switch to full-time recruiters ‘a step forward’ for Canadian Army Reserve”
- “À presque 103 ans, le doyen du Royal 22e Régiment s’est éteint”
- “German woman searches for soldier dad from Newfoundland”
- “401 Tactical Fighter Squadron welcomes Honorary Colonel Laurie Hawn”
- Yes, it’s only satire (but it IS kinda funny) “Canadian military to employ specialist New Brunswick soldiers”
World War One
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Written by milnews.ca
15 January 16 at 7:05
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