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Republicans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee have decided that the military’s push for clean, renewable energy has gone far enough, and have proposed…

The reactivation of 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, which is to be the home of the Canadian Forces’ Chinook Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopter, was formalized on May 2, 2012, by an official Canadian Forces order

The Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter MacKay, Chancellor of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC), presented more than 300 graduating students with their Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate’s degrees in Kingston today

Today, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, met with Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence, Her Excellency Rasa Juknevičienė, to discuss next week’s NATO Chicago Summit and to reaffirm Canada and Lithuania’s defence r…

he Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, has signed an agreement that will allow the Elgin Military Museum in St. Thomas, Ontario, to take possession of one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s decommissioned submarines – the former HMCS Ojibw…

The Force Mobility Enhancement (FME) project includes the acquisition of a fleet of Armoured Engineer Vehicles (AEV) that will provide crucial support to the Leopard 2 tanks, Light Armoured Vehicle III, and future fleets, such as the Close Combat Vehic…

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today announced that the Government of Canada has issued a Request for Proposal to acquire bullet-resistant plates to be worn by Canadian F…

Today, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, joined Canadian Forces members participating in SPARTAN BEAR, a military training exercise being held in Meaford, Ontario. The exercise involves the deployment from CFB Petawawa of sold…

From May 12 to 16, 2012, 15 military members from Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School (CFLRS) will cycle from Rivière-du-Loup to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a distance of more than 550 kilometres, with the goal of raising $15 000 for Opératio…

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, today issued the following statement on the occasion of Mother’s Day:

Statement made by Major-General Jon Vance on the cost of Canadian Forces Operations – Op Mobile Technical Briefing of May 11th, 2012.

Well so much for all those carefully staged photo-ops of Great True North Leader surveying his frozen dominion. So much for his grand plans to assert our arctic sovereignty. Six years after the Harper government declared the Arctic to be a new operati…

Well so much for all those carefully staged photo-ops of Great True North Leader surveying his frozen dominion. So much for his grand plans to assert our arctic sovereignty.Six years after the Harper government declared the Arctic to be a new operation…

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In typically grand fashion, satirical news source The Onion has skewered the rise of misleading PR bankrolled by the oil and gas industry to defend the dangerous practice of fra…

The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, issued the following statement today regarding the 67th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE-Day)

Today in the House of Commons, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, tabled Privacy Action Plan 2.0. This new action plan outlines the ongoing work to build and maintain a strong culture of privacy at Veterans Affairs Canada.

The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, laid a wreath today at the Monument to the Canadian Fallen to pay tribute to Canadian Veterans of the Korean War. Also laying wreaths were Senator Yonah Martin and members of the Korean Nation…

The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Senator Yonah Martin will join with a Korean Parliamentary delegation to pay tribute to Canadians who served and sacrificed during the Korean War.

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement on the occasion of the commemoration of the Battle of Atlantic today:

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement on the occasion of the commemoration of the Battle of Atlantic today: