One of the constant characteristics of militaries is that they have to evolve over time in order to remain effective. The Canadian Forces has been engaged in a number of strategic analyses - and resultant transformation initiatives - to address two key questions. The first has been to examine military...
On the morning of 3 June 2008, just after Canadian Commodore Bob Davidson assumed command of Combined Task Force 150 from French Rear Admiral Jean-Louis Kerignard, one of Canada's Sea King helicopters, embarked in Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Calgary, intervened in an ongoing piracy attack on a commercial vessel transiting...
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today with respect to an 18-month drug investigation that combined the policing efforts of the Ottawa Police Service OPS, Ontario Provincial Police OPP and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP. "This latest combined police effort has culminated...
Canadian Forces personnel participated in a historic flight with Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg over Bosnia-Herzegovina on 20 August 2008 aboard a Belgian aircraft, which undertook the 500th observation mission conducted under the Open Skies Treaty, which promotes openness and transparency among its signatories. "The participative role that we are...
Continuing to deliver advanced capabilities to the Canadian Forces Health Information System CFHIS, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced the successful implementation of a new Laboratory Information System LIS at 14 Canadian Forces medical clinics nationwide. The enterprise-wide system now provides a complete suite of medical information tools that...
A long-established, Canadian gift service tries to spare other innocent travel industry suppliers the disappointment and humiliation it suffered at the hands of an unethical U.S.-based gift company. As a result of leaving its supplier "badly burned" in 2006, Well Wishers International -- an Oak Ridge,...
PORTLAND, Oregon AFP — Cristie Kerr birdied the first hole of a three-way playoff Sunday to capture the 1.7 million dollar LPGA Safeway Classic. Kerr closed with a 7-under-par 65 to get to 13-under 203 and force a playoff with Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson at Columbia Edgewater...
Algeria: Al-Qaida claims attacks ALGIERS -- Al-Qaida's North African branch claimed to have killed at least 130 people in Algeria in a spate of attacks this month -- nearly twice the official death toll, said a statement carried on a Web site frequently used by militants. ...
The Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada PWGSC, the Honourable Christian Paradis, today announced the termination of two procurement processes involving the shipbuilding industry. After receiving and evaluating the mandatory requirements for the Joint Support Ship Project from the bidders, the Crown has determined that the proposals were...
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia AP -- Todd Bentley, the Canadian revivalist whose tactics drew protest from some fellow Pentecostals, has resigned from public ministry after acknowledging an "unhealthy relationship on an emotional level" with a female staff member. The board of Bentley's Fresh Fire Ministries announced the resignation last Friday, saying...
Our fallen soldiers, Sergeant Shawn Allen Eades, 33, Corporal Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden, 25, and Sapper Stephan J. Stock, 25, all combat engineers with 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta are scheduled to return home to Canada tomorrow. Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base...
WASHINGTON AFP — Pressure is mounting for a review of the "war on terror" in Afghanistan following heavy foreign troop casualties but Washington does not expect the losses to spark any immediate troop pullout. This week alone, 18 foreigners, including 10 French, three Poles and three Canadians, were...
The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today issued a statement regarding the passing of Gladys Powers, a 109-year-old citizen of Abbotsford, British Columbia. According to her memoirs, Mrs. Powers was a British Veteran of the First World War. "The First World War was not won by one country...
Canada is slow to adopt the latest medical technology forcing Canadian patients to rely on old and often outdated medical equipment for treatment, says a new study from independent research organization the Fraser Institute. "Lack of access to cutting-edge medical technology has significant consequences; the most obvious is that a...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medizone International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MZEI) announces the appointment of Michael E. Shannon, M.A., M.Sc., M.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Shannon received his medical degree from Queen's University in Canada, which included advanced training in surgery and sports medicine. ...
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today issued the following statement on the arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP of Pietro D'Adamo, as part of the ongoing Project Colisee: "I would like to commend the RCMP, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit CFSEU and international law...
ALGIERS AFP — Two car bomb attacks in eastern Algeria killed at least 12 people, state radio and a Canadian employer reported Wednesday with the country still reeling from a suicide bomber who killed 43 people a day earlier. At least 31 people were also wounded in the...
New Program Authenticates Credentials for Visitors Accessing the Installation PORTLAND, Ore. -- U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will be the first installation to implement the RAPID-RCx[TM] Program, beginning in mid August. Eid Passport, Inc., the leader in secure vendor access management, developed the RAPID-RCx Program...
The Canadian Medical Association CMA will launch the second day of its General Council with a discussion of health care transformation. At the strategic session of Day 2, Mr. Claude Castonguay will speak to roughly 400 doctors from across the country about his reflections as the former Chair of the...
NEW YORK -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its SPAR subsidiary has been awarded an $18 million contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Royal Air Force to perform outer wing replacements on three C-130K aircraft. This win reflects L-3's commitment and increasing presence in the U.K. as...
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