Defence Department

A Canadian pledge of 200 soldiers for peacekeeping missions is missing in action more than 18 months after it was first made to the United Nations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Canadian military's second-in-command has announced his surprise resignation — and is reportedly linking the decision to an aborted attempt to reinstate Vice-Admiral Mark Norman into the position.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the settlement between Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the Defence Department was "undertaken independently."

The Canadian Forces were searching for answers on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, after an Ontario-based soldier was killed during a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria.

A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance are being given "their privacy and their space," Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan insisted on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, as he was grilled over why Norman has not yet been reinstated into the military.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, that the federal government is buying two more Arctic patrol ships on the top of the six it has already ordered from Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding.

Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any.

The Defence Department wasn't trying to hide any information when its staff used terms other than Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's name in internal communications, Canada's top military officer testified in Norman's criminal case on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.

A 24-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday, July 23, 2018, morning in connection with an incident during the traditional Changing of the Guard ceremony on Parliament Hill.

Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman will be shuffled out of his position as the military's second-in-command on Thursday, June 28, 2018, as the criminal case against him works its way through the court system.

The Trudeau government will not be rushed into making a decision on where to send Canadian peacekeepers, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says.

Canada's top soldier expressed solidarity with the LGBTQ community on Sunday, August 27, 2017, by walking in Ottawa's annual Pride parade.

The Defence Department says a painstaking review of old personnel files in the national archives may be done to determine how many were forced out of the military for being gay or lesbian.

Canada's military ombudsman Gary Walbourne has dropped the gloves in what appears to have become a tense battle with National Defence, accusing officials of "insidious" attacks