HALIFAX – The first woman to head Canada’s armed forces pushed back on renewed debate over women serving in combat roles related to President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, calling it a ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last August an extension of the Canadian mission in Latvia to 2029. Canada already has a near-permanent rotational presence in Latvia, with the roughly 2,200 ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - General Jennie Carignan took over as Canada's chief of the defense staff on Thursday in a ceremony that made her the first woman to command the country's armed forces. Trained as a ...

Appointed to the rank and position in July 2024, Gen. Carignan was educated as an engineer, has served in the Canadian ...

In October, Auditor General Karen Hogan’s “Recruiting for Canada’s Military” report said the CAF’s recruitment target time is ...

Some of Canada’s top military strategists are working on a plan to boost the country’s armed forces. At the center of the plan is the creation of civil defense force made up of as many as 300,000 ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 2, 2025 /CNW/ - As Canada's new government rebuilds, rearms, and reinvests in the Canadian Armed ...

The head of the Canadian Army, Lt-Gen. Wayne Eyre, has publicly conceded that support for far-right extremism is growing in the ranks of Canada’s military, declaring, “We have a problem with far-right ...

Jason Walker is affiliated with Liberal Party of Canada, holding a general membership. Sexual violence in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is a common, dominant and serious issue that has severe ...

TORONTO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Canada's defence minister on Tuesday agreed to remove the military from investigating and prosecuting alleged sexual offences in the armed forces to ensure trust in the ...

General Motors has announced that it has incorporated GM Defense Canada in alignment with GM Defense International, which itself was established in back in early 2022. “The new entity strengthens our ...