Lee Berthiaume
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's pending return raises thorny question for brass
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's stated desire to return to active duty after the breach-of-trust case against him was dropped this week is raising a thorny question for the military's top brass: Where can he go?
New Canadian fighter jets will need U.S. certification: DND
American officials will need to certify the fighter jet Canada buys at the end of a multibillion-dollar procurement that's started and stopped and started again for more than a decade, ensuring that it's fit to plug into the U.S.'s highest-security intelligence systems.
RCMP defends 'thorough, independent' investigation into Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, which has come under sustained fire since the politically charged case against the military's former second-in-command collapsed earlier this week.
Feds look to ease requirements for fighter-jet makers after U.S. complaints
The federal government is planning to loosen its industrial requirements for fighter-jet makers in the $19-billion competition to replace Canada's aging CF-18s.
Rising waters add urgency to disaster planning: 'Been through so much'
Flood waters were still rising around Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, even as officials talked of planning for a future of similar disasters — and Canada's need to prevent, prepare and adapt.
Ottawa ditches longer deadlines for answering veterans' requests for service
The federal government has backed off a controversial plan to give bureaucrats more time to respond to disabled veterans seeking benefits and support for their service-related injuries.
Norman's lawyers cite SNC-Lavalin testimony in fight for secret documents
Lawyers for Vice−Admiral Mark Norman and the federal government argued Wednesday over the words of Canada’s top bureaucrat during the SNC−Lavalin affair as the suspended military officer’s team pressed for access to secret government emails and memos.
UN warns peacekeeping in Mali will be hurt if Canada doesn't extend mission
Marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a Liberal MP has called his government out for not doing more on peacekeeping as the United Nations is warning it will be forced to curtail its efforts in Mali unless Canada extends its mission there by several months.
Coast guard struggling to help with rescues, Arctic resupply due to old fleet
Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys.
Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP
The head of the RCMP says the police force is looking into whether any complaints about forced or coerced sterilizations have been made to law-enforcement agencies in Canada, but a preliminary review has not identified any.