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For the second time in six months, the Salvation Army is adding space to address the number of people using emergency shelter services. A new 80-bed shelter has been set up for men thanks to an influx in newcomers seeking asylum. The Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope emergency shelter houses more …
Read More »Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National
After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army …
Read More »B.C. wildfires: Army reservists deployed from Calgary to help fight fires in Okanagan, Shuswap
Around 40 soldiers from 41 Canadian Brigade Group in Calgary will be deployed early Monday morning to help fight fires in southern B.C. According to a Department of Defense release on Sunday afternoon, the brigade will be deployed as part of Operation LENTUS at 6 a.m. on Monday. The operation …
Read More »Winnipeg police investigate after body found at Main Street Salvation Army – Winnipeg
Winnipeg Police are investigating a death at the Salvation Army on Main Street. Officers were called to the building, at Main and Henry Avenue, around midnight, where they discovered a body. As of Thursday morning, police have not confirmed whether it’s being considered a criminal matter, nor have they provided …
Read More »As the East Coast picks up the pieces post-Fiona, MPs ask themselves what an army is for
While members of the Canadian military hacked and chainsawed their way through the tangled wreckage of a storm-ravaged East Coast on Tuesday, members of a House of Commons committee gathered in Ottawa to ask themselves whether storm cleanup is actually a job for soldiers. Their answers were — perhaps predictably …
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