Canadian Military News

New fitness tests for Canadian Forces
Sun News Network
Obesity and waning fitness levels within the Canadian Forces have dogged the organization for years. Writing in a Forces journal in 2005, Lt.-Col. Michael Goodspeed explained: "There is a visible and growing minority who have allowed themselves to ...
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Tories' hire-a-vet request applauded
www.kamloopsnews.ca
A call for businesses to hire Canada's military veterans met with the approval of the head of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52 and a local veteran. But retired armed forces engineer Bill Edwards said he believes the federal government should take ...
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A salute to military brats: Youngsters in military families sacrifice, too
StandardNet
Her mother was in the Canadian military before Rice was born and her father was in the U.S. Marines until Rice was 13 years old. The sophomore said in an email that her favorite place to live was Hawaii “because of the beaches, my friends, and really, ...
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Minister MacKay Introduces Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness ...
Marketwire (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2013) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, today announced an updated approach to military fitness, officially called the Fitness for Operational Requirement for Canadian Armed Forces ...
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Canadian Forces Recruiting Office In Windsor Closes Its Door
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Chris Thompson of the Windsor Star is reporting that the Canadian Forces recruiting office in that city has closed, and the Veterans Affairs office in the same building is slated to be shut down next year. Here is some of what he writes: A note on the ...
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Peter MacKay on Afghanistan, the F-35 controversy and military spending
Macleans.ca
Q: The war in Afghanistan profoundly changed the way many Canadians think about their military. But now that we're out of combat, and committed to ending our troops' role training the Afghan National Army in the spring of 2014, what are we likely to ...
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Media Advisory: Governor General to Invest 50 Recipients into the Order of ...
Marketwire (press release)
Created in 1972, the Order of Military Merit recognizes meritorious service and devotion to duty by members of the Canadian Forces. The Order honours them for their commitment to Canada, according to the following three levels of membership: Commander ...
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Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over military projects
Toronto Star
Canada could soon have a Department of Military Procurement, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over much-delayed and increasingly expensive projects — like the effort to replace CF-18 fighter jets with F-35s. Yet the plan ...

Northern development, tax changes on today's House to-do list
CBC.ca (blog)
The Cartier Drill Hall will serve as backdrop as Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson first announce, and subsequently undergo the new Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness Standard. Elsewhere in the capital, ...
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Sentencing hearing for retired soldier in deadly Afghanistan training accident
News1130
... in deadly Afghanistan training accident. Print; Text: a A. Cpl. Josh Baker, who was killed in a training accident in Afghanistan, is shown in a military handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian Armed Forces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian ...

1500 Canadian Army Regular and Reserve Force Soldiers, Royal Canadian Air ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 8, 2013) – Approximately 1,500 Canadian Army regular and reserve force soldiers, Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, and Canadian Rangers from across Ontario will be training in the vicinity of Cochrane, ...
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Next Canadian astronauts may take commercial route into space
Toronto Star
Vince Jandrisch, an ex-Canadian Forces Snowbird pilot, also flies for Virgin America and works closely with Bendall. Bendall predicted that the commercial space sector will open the door to skilled Canadian pilots, who could perform a variety of tasks  

Army to scale back Arctic operations because of budget cuts
GlobalNews.ca
Canadian solders with Lord Strathcona's Horse haul a tow cable from a LAV Bison to a LAV III that was deliberately stuck in a snow pile to test their ability to rescue military vehicles on an ice road created near Behchoko;N.W.T. during Exercise Arctic ...
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