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Showing posts with label Canada in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Friday, June 23, 2017

Canadian Trainers Would Face Risk in Afghanistan

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By: Evan Dyer, CBC News  As the security situation in Afghanistan continues to slip, NATO has asked Canada to help with its Resolute Support...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Canada Considering NATO Request for Police Trainers in Afghanistan

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By: Laura Payton, CTVNews Online  OTTAWA -- Canada is considering a NATO request to send police trainers to Afghanistan, three years after t...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

SoD Mattis Admits Soft-Spot for Canadian Troops

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By: Alexander Panetta,  The National Post  WASHINGTON — A first meeting between Donald Trump’s defence secretary and his Canadian counterpa...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Canadian Hockey Boards Removed from KAF

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By: Matthew Fisher, The National Post  The iconic Canadian ball hockey rink at Kandahar Airfield, its boards adorned with faded Maple Leaf f...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Airdrie Legion set to unveil 1st Light Armoured Vehicle Monument in Canada

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By: Ryan Rumbolt, The Calgary Herald Once a part of Canada’s military might, a light armoured vehicle is patiently waiting for its debut as ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Afghan service puts Defence Minister Sajjan in conflict of interest on detainees, say lawyers

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s work in the Canadian Forces, which included setting the stage for the ki...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

CAF Military Police Lacked Oversight in Afghan Abuse Claims

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By; David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen  CANADIAN MILITARY POLICE LACKED OVERSIGHT: DOCUMENTS A human rights lawyer previously involved ...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

NDP renews call for inquiry into Afghan detainee abuse

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By: Amanda Connolly ,  iPolitics  The NDP repeated calls Wednesday for a full public inquiry into the Afghan detainee abuse scandal amid fre...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Sajjan: The Warrior Minister - Legion Magazine Interview

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Interview published in the Legion Magazine, by Adam Day  Harjit Sajjan on the difference between the Taliban and Islamic State, why Russia i...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Senior CAF officer being investigated for 2009 helicopter crash in Afghanistan

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CBC Exclusive Report: By Brett Ruskin 1 British and 2 Canadian soldiers died in flaming wreckage At least one senior Royal Canadian Air Fo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Canada in Iraq: Trainers should build on Afghanistan Experience

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Written by: Matthew Fisher, National Post Published the Monday February 9, 2016 Ottawa Citizen - NP Section  IN AFGHANISTAN, MOST OF THE...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Ottawa to Track Veteran Suicides

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Ever since the Globe and Mail  investigation; The Unremembered  which conclusively showed that 54 CAF members committed suicide following de...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Richmond Landing to house two new Military Memorial Monuments

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With Canada's 150th Anniversary just around the corner, the military and public works announced late yesterday that they plan to add two...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CAF Upgrades Leopard-2 Tanks for Germany

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It was in April 2007 that the CAF agreed to purchase/lease 120 Leopard-2 Tanks from Germany and the Netherlands. At the time, the purchase o...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Misplaced or Misused in Kandahar? $513,000 Artillery Rounds Missing

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The Canadian Press released yesterday that during Canada's exit from Kandahar in 2011, not everything was accounted for. While there whe...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Pre-Blogger CAF Dispatch Articles

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I moved to Blogger in 2015; as getting and sharing traffic to One-Drive seemed more challenging, and Blogger allowed me to share individual ...