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MOOSE JAW — During her appointment speech, 15 Wing’s new Honorary Colonel (HCol) Crystal Froese — who will now be responsible for serving as an interface between the military community and residents of Moose Jaw during a three-year term — shared some history that underlines the valuable role played by Moose Jaw’s military base on Oct. 1. […]

Eighty years have passed since Canadians hit the beaches of France during World War II. Allied forces rushing the sand dunes, many gunned down in the waters of the English Channel. Soldiers that represented prairie provinces, farm families’ that saw their sons barring arms to fight a German army. The English, American and Canadian military […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The strike came just days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel had attacked, and the Israeli military did not […]

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is finally set to present the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, showcasing how the government plans to win back support from disgruntled Canadians worried about the cost of living.  The Liberal government has already unveiled significant planks of the budget over the last few weeks during […]

The Canadian military is temporarily relocating some soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait due to security concerns, chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said Tuesday. The move, which Vance announced in an open letter to the families of Canadian soldiers in Iraq that was posted to Twitter, follows the lead of Germany and several other allies who […]

OTTAWA — A Canadian-led training mission in Iraq is in limbo after the head of the NATO military alliance indicated Monday there are no plans to shut it down permanently. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg instead defended the training mission, which includes 250 Canadian soldiers and is being commanded by a Canadian general, as essential […]

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government’s “paramount concern” after an American airstrike killed a top Iranian general. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and was killed last night in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump accused Soleimani of “plotting to […]

Don Cherry is in the limelight yet again, this time for complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. The 85-year-old Cherry said on Saturday on his weekly Coach’s Corner segment as part of Hockey Night in Canada that he’s less frequently seeing people wearing […]

The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame is introducing a new exhibit which ties in Canada’s history with sports and the military. A national touring exhibit called Play Hard, Fight Hard: Sport and the Canadian Military has made its latest stop at the hall of fame located in downtown Regina. The opportunity was made possible thanks to […]