Canadian troops battled frostbite, failing batteries, communications problems and gaps in basic winter skills during a major Alaska exercise, according to an internal evaluation. Despite achieving the...

Former defence chief Wayne Eyre considered quitting "several times" as he battled the Trudeau government over military misconduct, defence spending and support for Ukraine. His candid memoir recounts ...

An American invasion of Canada? A top U.S. commander calls the idea preposterous. Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t laughing. Donald Trump’s threats and talk of a 51st state have pushed Ottawa to revis...

Canada's Gen. Jennie Carignan faces Germany's Gen. Carsten Breuer on Saturday in a secret-ballot contest to chair NATO's Military Committee. A victory would make Carignan the first woman to hold the p...

Canada has formally applied to join the United Kingdom's Joint Expeditionary Force, reversing a decision made more than a decade ago. Born from the Afghanistan war and reshaped by Russia's invasion of...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Canada's deteriorating relationship with the United States "dangerous" and pointed to Ukraine as a warning. The comparison is imperfect, but increasingly difficult to dismis...

Twenty-five years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Shawn Matheson recalls viewing them through two different lenses: as a firefighter in Mississauga, Ont., and as a Canadian reservist. The ...

Ottawa moved to acquire six GlobalEye surveillance aircraft without assurances they met military requirements — requirements not shared with competing manufacturers. Subsequent assessments identified ...

The arrest of Canadian Biwei Zhang on espionage allegations has set off a transatlantic intelligence scramble. From NATO headquarters to Canadian and European agencies, investigators are retracing a d...

It has been 20 years since Canadian soldiers walked into a Taliban killing ground west of Kandahar. Operation Medusa became Canada’s largest battle since Korea — a brutal test against a disciplined, e...

Russia may not be preparing to invade NATO, but something more ambiguous could be coming. Intelligence warnings point to provocations designed to rattle the alliance, sow confusion and test its resolv...

The German shipbuilder poised to supply Canada’s new submarines says it could also help build smaller warships in Canadian yards. TKMS chief Oliver Burkhard says Europe’s defence industry must embrace...

Canada and the U.S. are shadowing two Chinese icebreakers operating in Arctic waters off Alaska, amid growing concern their scientific missions could also gather strategically valuable undersea data. ...

After decades of gradual decline, Canada’s peacekeeping tradition is entering its final chapter. The Defence Department is shutting down four overseas missions and shrinking another, arguing troops ar...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadian officials were involved from the outset in the investigation of a Canadian intern accused of spying at NATO's military headquarters in Belgium. His comments su...

Prime Minister Mark Carney sought to deepen ties with Saudi Arabia on Thursday as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting overshadowed his visit. Canada condemned Iranian attacks on Gulf shipping, reaffirmed suppo...

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth put NATO allies on notice Thursday, announcing a Pentagon review of America's military commitment to Europe and warning some countries will fail the assessment.

The South Korean submarine ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho arrived off the B.C. coast on Saturday in a flashy showcase of Hanwha Ocean’s bid to secure Canada’s multibillion-dollar submarine contract.

Canada’s iconic Snowbirds demonstration squadron will be grounded following the 2026 flying season until new aircraft arrive, the Department of National Defence said Tuesday.

Latvian and Canadian troops are testing battlefield ground drones on a major NATO exercise, drawing directly on Ukrainian combat lessons as autonomous warfare rapidly evolves. The war games are unfold...

The Canadian Coast Guard will deploy its new Hermes 900 Starliner drone for Arctic test flights this summer after a federal restructuring shifted surveillance assets to Department of National Defence....

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Neglected for years, the Arctic is now NATO’s critical front, driven by urgent threats from Russian militarization and shifting geopolitics. While launching "Arctic Sentry" to bridge surveillance gaps...

Canada is fast-tracking the purchase of more than 65,000 new assault rifles, starting with a $307 million order for 30,000 weapons. Built by Colt Canada, the rifles will replace aging C7 and C8 models...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre stressed energy stability during talks in Oslo as the Middle East war rattles global oil markets. Canada will release 23.6 million barrels foll...

Three world leaders — two of them members of the G7 — stood united in opposition Friday to the Trump administration's decision to ease sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers.

A company with Canadian directors funnelled valuable pearls to Myanmar’s brutal military regime long after the 2021 military coup that sparked a bloody civil war – despite sanctions imposed by Canada ...

As Ottawa reviews its F-35 purchase, there's concern Washington holds a powerful lever — control of the secure Link 16 network used for NATO and NORAD operations. Swedish Gripens and Danish F-35s oper...

Canada's high-speed push to replace its aging Victoria-class submarines reaches a pivotal moment on Monday as South Korea's Hanwha Ocean and Germany's TKMS submit formal bids in a program worth more t...

Canada is donating an additional $2 billion of military equipment, including more than 400 armoured vehicles, to Ukraine as the embattled Eastern European country's war with Russia rolls into its fift...

Just days before Canada unveiled its defence industrial strategy prioritizing domestic production, Washington quietly warned the European Union against favouring its own arms makers as it rebuilds.