“Obesity prevalence has been slowly increasing for many years,” senior leaders were warned in a series of briefings in June 2024 conducted by officials with Canadian Forces Health Service ...

Military leaders have been warned that Canada’s troops are becoming increasingly overweight and obese, with 72 per cent of armed forces personnel falling into those two categories.

It represented the first large group of Canadian soldiers to serve overseas. English Canadian men eagerly to sign up. John McCrae had just graduated from medical school but was preoccupied with ...

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And make no mistake, Canada is overpaying for military procurements. Take the new fleet of warships being built for the Royal Canadian Navy – the River Class Destroyers. The Canadian River Class ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling ...

Earlier, I published an article in this newspaper that highlighted the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) deficiencies in recruitment and retention. Based on the feedback, the piece not only resonated ...

North Korea has 1.2 million troops, one of the largest standing militaries in the world, but it hasn’t fought in large-scale conflicts following the 1950-53 Korean War.

Canada is bracing for a potential trade war with the US if President-elect Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian imports are imposed. Foreign minister Melanie Joly and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

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