Military evacuates hundreds as Saskatchewan fires rage
Massive forest fires in Saskatchewan have nearly 1,200 residents from the communities of Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake First Nation fleeing to safety with help from the Canadian military.
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British opposed Canadian’s nomination to top NATO military post: U.S. diplomatic cables
Believing he lacked the “backbone” for the job, the British government opposed the nomination of Canada’s former top soldier Gen. Ray Henault to head NATO’s key military committee, according to a U.S. embassy cable obtained by APTN National News.
Military to say sorry for Mohawk inclusion in counter-insurgency manual
The Canadian military is expected to officially apologize early next year for including the Mohawk Warrior Society in a draft version of the military’s counter-insurgency manual, APTN National News has learned.
Curb provincial power over army, says ex-senior bureaucrat
The federal government should dilute the existing and unbridled power held by provinces to call in the military during times of domestic turmoil, says a former Indian Affairs deputy minister who held the post during the Oka crisis.