1 hour ago Michel Maisonneuve: Canada’s military can’t be fixed with cash alone

The Canadian Armed Forces is broken and unless Ottawa backs its spending with real reforms, we’re just playing politics with national security

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6 d. ago Hundreds airlifted by Hercules aircraft as wildfire threatens northern Ontario First Nation

As a major wildfire threatens a First Nation in northwestern Ontario, one evacuee is recounting her "surreal" experience escaping the blaze on a military aircraft.

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6 d. ago Evacuee recalls ’surreal’ escape as northern Ontario wildfire threatens First Nation

As a major wildfire threatens a First Nation in northwestern Ontario, one evacuee is recounting her “surreal” experience escaping the blaze on a military aircraft. Destiny Rae says she and her family were among hundreds of people who left Sandy Lake First Nation as the 1,500-square kilometre, out-of-control wildfire burns through the area. National Defence […]

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6 d. ago Military evacuates hundreds as wildfires rip through northern Ontario

On Sunday, Ontario asked the federal government to dispatch military personnel to help evacuate the community of Sandy Lake as massive fires rip through the province.

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7 d. ago 700 people evacuated by military as northern Ontario wildfire threatens First Nation

Officials say the Canadian military has evacuated more than 700 people from northern Ontario where a major wildfire is threatening a First Nation. National Defence says a CC-130 Hercules aircraft has been airlifting people out of Sandy Lake First Nation. It’s unclear how many residents are still waiting to be evacuated from the community of […]

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8 d. ago Canadian Armed Forces deployed to assist northwestern Ontario wildfire evacuations

Mark Carney says government is 'prepared to mobilize every resource needed to keep Canadians safe'

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8 d. ago Military deploys to support northern Ontario wildfire evacuations

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Armed Forces personnel have been deployed to assist wildfire evacuations in northern Ontario as over 30,000 flee blazes across the Prairies.

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8 d. ago Ottawa sending support from armed forces amid northern Ontario wildfire evacuations

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is deploying members of the Canadian Armed Forces to help evacuate a northwestern Ontario First Nation as wildfires rapidly spread in the region. Carney says Ottawa has accepted Ontario’s urgent request for assistance in and around Sandy Lake First Nation, and the military will help with emergency […]

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1 week ago Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe faces call to bring in military as wildfires rage

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is resisting an Opposition call to bring in the military to combat wildfires that have forced thousands from their homes. In a statement Thursday, Moe’s office said they recognize the Canadian Armed Forces can play a key role in specific areas, such as aerial evacuations, but said that’s not […]

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4 w. ago Ontario First Nation threatened by multiple wildfires forced to evacuate over 800 residents

'We literally had hours to evacuate because the Kenora fire literally sprang up without anyone knowing,' chief says

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4 w. ago Wildfires force more than 800 to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation

Wildfires have forced more than 800 residents to evacuate their northwestern Ontario First Nation. Chief Waylon Scott of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation, which sits about 100 kilometres northwest of Kenora near the Manitoba border, says rain and cooler temperatures have kept several fires at bay, but the blazes still pose a major threat. In a […]

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