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Home : Top Stories : Afghanistan ceremony honours Canadian sacrifices Afghanistan ceremony honours Canadian sacrifices Date: Wednesday Nov.

Roads and bridges in Nova Scotia will be upgraded, thanks to almost $25 million in stimulus funding announced Friday by the federal minister responsible for the Atlantic Gateway.

Canadian soldiers reacted with horror, dismay and sympathy Friday to the shooting rampage that claimed 13 lives at a U.S. Army base with deep ties to the Canadian military.

Conservative MPs, with the support of a few Liberals and New Democrats, have voted in principle to kill the contentious federal long gun registry.

Pomerleau Inc. has been awarded a $40.5 million federal government contract for the construction of the Air Mobility Training Centre at 8 Wing CFB Trenton, one of the largest and busiest air force bases in Canada.

The national debate over gun control that many Canadians thought had been resolved a decade ago has roared back to life after the House of Commons voted in principle yesterday to end the long-gun registry.

'I have expressed at various times the deep concern our government has with increasingly aggressive Russian actions around the globe and Russian intrusions into our airspace,' the Prime Minister Stephen Harper said at a news conference in Saskatoon.

Help is on the horizon: Massive shipbuilding programs should aid industry and provide added capabilities - " by Sara Caverley - " In the wake of the failure of two ship solicitations, the Conservatives are seeking an alternative approach to building new vessels for the Canadian navy and coast guard.

The body of the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to Canada Tuesday.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay has ordered officials to look into allegations that innocent Afghans may have been sent to jail due to botched translations by Canadian military interpreters.

In 1980, a newcomer to the game of politics set out to challenge the powerful, to force those in government to take notice of matters relating to the environment.A In the election of that year, Elizabeth May ran for Parliament in the riding of Cape Breton Highlands - Canso.

Minister of National Defence The Honourable Peter MacKay arrives with his date Jana Juginovic Director of News and Programming CTV Newsnet at the Black & White Opera SoirA©e. Photograph by: John Major, The Ottawa Citizen It was no Halloween prank when Parliament Hill's most notorious bachelor officially took himself off the market.

I extend my heartfelt sympathy to his family, friends and comrades. Sapper Marshall was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol west of Kandahar City.

The body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan will arrive in Canada on Saturday afternoon.

Peter MacKay, responding to opposition questions, October 19 .A I will note that when it comes to Bloc members, I wish they would spend just as much time standing up and protecting the interests of Canadian soldiers as they do for the vigour they seem to have for Taliban prisoners A The member has now asked, I believe, nine or ten questions on the ...

Date : Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:37:34 PDT Anadolu Agency, Turkey Oct 24 2009 Turkish, Canadian defence ministers view ties, Armenian issue Ankara, 24 October: Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Saturday [24 October] that there were no problems in tender of unmanned aerial vehicle.

Home : Canada : MacKay wants answers in Afghan torture warnings case MacKay wants answers in Afghan torture warnings case Date: Monday Oct.

Home : Top Stories : Avoiding fraud in Afghan runoff 'unrealistic' Avoiding fraud in Afghan runoff 'unrealistic' Viewer The Federal Defence Minister discusses outcome from the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Mackay expressed readiness of Canada to undertake a mission as a mediator and friend on the matter, and noted that there were some problems in Canada's history as it happened in every country's history.

Jane Taber Fly the flag, escort the torch Canadian fighter jets protect the Olympic flame, a Liberal staffer's fixed-date election wedding, plus who's hot and who's not Jane Taber Published on Friday, Oct.