Columns
National Column: Trump has a point about NATO reliance on Russia
Donald Trump has confounded his NATO partners and is now on his way to make nice with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. […]
NATO
Columns
National Column: Trump is right about Canada’s spending
I am speaking specifically about this country’s financial contribution to NATO, the international alliance formed after the Second World War, constructed around the principle of collective defence. Article 5 of the establishing charter declares that “an attack on one is an attack on all.” […]
Columns
National Column: What is the point of NATO?
Donald Trump says too many NATO countries, including Canada, don’t pay their fair share of defence costs. The U.S. president is right about that. But the real question facing the 29-member alliance is far more fundamental. […]
Columns
National Column: Trump is no buffoon when it comes to NATO and NAFTA
Two things should be kept in mind about Donald Trump. First, the U.S. president-elect is not going away.
Second, his critique of free trade and NATO is not entirely wrong.
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National Column: Canada’s return to NATO’s front line has air of familiarity to it
And so Canadian soldiers are heading back to Europe.
Times change and the world, despite a steady drumbeat of appalling headlines, is safer for us than for our parents. So the deployment of 450 Canadian Forces troops to Latvia won’t be nearly as formidable as the deployment to West Germany – often more than 10 times larger – that was Canada’s defining military commitment for 42 years through the Cold War. […]
Local News
Local soldier loses life in Kabul
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) took the life of a Canadian Forces member Saturday. Master Corporal Byron Greff was one of 17 killed in the suicide bomber attack which stuck an International security Assistance Force (ISAF) vehicle at approximately 11:30 a.m. Kandahar time. […]
Local News
Veterans’ plate now available for serving members
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – Drivers could soon be seeing a lot more veterans’ licence plates on the highway. The distinctive plate with its red poppy and maple leaf will now be available to currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Beginning Aug. 16, current armed forces members with at least three years of service will be able to apply for veterans’ plates, and when … […]