Lee Berthiaume
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Electoral calculations around Quebec shipyard laid bare in Norman court docs
A federal public servant who attended secret cabinet meetings about the $700-million shipbuilding contract at the centre of the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman told the RCMP that electoral considerations were front and centre as successive governments approved the project.
Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers target federal minister Brison
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers want to turn a senior Liberal cabinet minister's words against him in their effort to exonerate the suspended military officer, who has been charged with leaking cabinet secrets.
Legal challenge filed over high-stakes competition to design $60B warships
The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada's navy has hit another snag, this time in the form of a legal challenge by one of three companies in the competition to design the vessels.
Liberals press ahead with second-hand jets amid questions over who will fly them
The Trudeau government pressed ahead with its plan to buy second-hand fighter jets from Australia on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, despite withering fire from the federal auditor general, who warned that the military might not have anybody to fly them.
Auditor general takes aim at Liberals' fighter-jet plan with new probe
Six years after helping blow up the Harper government's plans to buy F-35 stealth fighters without a competition, auditor general Michael Ferguson is about to release a new report on Canada's tumultuous attempts to buy new fighter jets.
Canada resisting UN request to extend Mali mission: Sources
The Trudeau government is resisting a United Nations request to extend Canada's peacekeeping mission in Mali so medical evacuations can continue while replacements for Canada's personnel arrive, according to multiple sources.
Feds dropped ball with First World War centenary commemorations: historians
Canada has missed an opportunity to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War with efforts that fell far short of those in allied countries, several historians say.
Canadians reflect on horror of First World War amid worries of today, tomorrow
Spiritual leaders reflected on the horrors of the First World War while calling for a world of tolerance and peace on Sunday, November 11, 2018, as thousands of Canadians braved the biting cold to remember and honour those who fought to defend such ideals.
Legacies of the First World War: Canadian veterans' battle for benefits, support
When the armistice that ended the First World War was signed and the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, Canadians wearily celebrated what they hoped was the start of a new era of peace.