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Fiscal crisis raises spectre of defence cuts
OTTAWA - Ottawa's tumbling fiscal fortunes and the possibility of budget cuts could not have happened at a worse time for the battle-worn Canadian military, which is still waiting on replacements for its tired and aged planes, ships and vehicles.
Canadians finally return to Afghan base
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A small group of Canadian soldiers has finally returned to their base in Afghanistan after playing key roles in some of the heaviest fighting this fall

CFB/ASU WAINWRIGHT, Alberta – The first-ever National Peacekeepers´ Day was celebrated on August 9. Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers´ Day, received Royal Assent in June 2008.
Public roll call for Canada's war dead
It will be one long and final march home for 68,000 lost Canadian souls.
When the sun sets over the British capital tomorrow night, an ambitious act of remembrance begins when the first name is projected against the walls of Canada House in Trafalgar S
Canadian Troops in Afghanistan Measure Success Inch by Inch
ZHARI, Afghanistan -- The company of Canadian soldiers set off from the small base in southern Afghanistan a few hours before dawn. Combat boots crunching along the wide plains of the Kandahar desert, they moved slowly in a long line into the moonless bla
No room to fly gifts to our troops
OTTAWA -- With the gift-giving season only a few months away, the personnel and family-support services branch of the Canadian Forces is advising Canadians that individual gift packages for soldiers posted overseas are not practical.
Canada-funded Afghan maternal waiting home to opena Canadian-funded project is trying to reduce one of the worst rates of maternal mortality in the world. The "maternal waiting home" at Kandahar's Mirwais Hospital may be modest in size, but those behind the project hope it will be widely copied throughou
Old subs to be scrapped
The federal government issued a tender Friday to scrap three surplus submarines that have been tied up in Dartmouth for seven years.
Crucial battle on Pakistan's frontlineThis is the tribal area of Bajaur near the Afghan border, or rather a small part of it.
The Pakistan army has wrested control of a 38km (24-mile) region from the Taleban, and it has given us rare access to the frontline. We arrive in the town of Loi S
Taliban storm Afghan culture ministry, kill 5
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban fighters stormed the Ministry of Culture in the heart of Kabul Thursday, killing five people in an attack the president said aimed at derailing the government's new effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seve
Food aid, piracy and Canadian values
“There are a lot of blind people walking around here, they just don’t realize it,” said 16-year-old Edouard, who grew up on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. These words struck home as HMCS Ville de Québec began her last trip from Mombasa, Kenya to

Every athletic discipline has its own challenges, and every athlete finds their own way to overcome them. To run a little faster, to lift a bit heavier, to jump slightly higher, athletes, both men and women, consistently find ways to improve on their own
Deployed soldiers build green space at desert base
Panjwayi District, Afghanistan – The common area behind the bunker for B Squadron, Lord Strathcona´s Horse (Royal Canadians) was small. So Warrant Officer Iain (Green Thumb) Fox and I, Sergeant Mark Bell, decided to carve out some of the enclosing mountai
Soldier-heroes to get medals
OTTAWA - Five members of combat team who fought their way out of an ambush in Afghanistan last spring are among 11 soldiers slated to get heroism medals from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean.
HMCS Calgary returns from Mideast mission
Ordinary Seaman Darren Agius and his infant son, Niekolas, met for the first time Friday when his dad's ship returned from a 6 1/2-month security mission to the Middle East.
Hercules safe despite fire risk: commander
OTTAWA -- Canada's top military commander has no safety concerns about the air force's aging C-130 cargo planes, despite a British coroner's report that recommended an explosion-suppressant system be installed aboard that country's Hercules transports.
Afghans rout enemy under guidance of Canuck mentorsKANDAHAR -- The Afghan National Army has declared victory in defending a southern city from an attempted Taliban takeover after days of heavy fighting that tested the mettle of an Afghan battalion under Canadian mentorship.
U.S. 'mistakenly' kills Afghan troops
KABUL -- A U.S.-led coalition air strike hit an Afghan army checkpoint yesterday, killing nine soldiers, Afghan officials said, and the American military acknowledged that its forces may have "mistakenly" killed allied troops.
Soldiers rely on contacts, instincts
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Dozens of smiling children skipped along behind the heavily armed Canadian soldiers as they walked slowly through Kandahar’s dusty streets and muddy lanes, some trying out their hesitant English, some limited to a shy "hello" and a
Military to spend $100 million to detect roadside bombs
OTTAWA - The Canadian military will spend $100 million on surveillance balloons and towers equipped with high-tech sensors, as well as other related equipment, as it tries to deal with the ongoing threat of roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie said on Tuesday that he doesn’t want the founder of terrorist organization Al-Qaida to be caught, despite the fact the Saudi national likely orchestrated the largest terrorist attacks ever on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
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