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Top military commander, Gen. Tom Lawson, plans to step down later this year

OTTAWA — The country’s top military commander says he will step down later this year. Gen. Tom Lawson, who has …

Canada considers joining U.S. led military training mission in Ukraine

OTTAWA — The Harper cabinet is actively and seriously considering whether Canada should join the U.S. and Britain in a …

Special forces exchange fire with Islamic State extremists for a fourth time

OTTAWA — Canadian troops were recently involved in another exchange of fire with extremists in northern Iraq, a skirmish that …

Canada prepared to take on ISIL but will do so on a budget: Harper

LONDON — Stephen Harper pledged further action Wednesday to combat the rising threat of Islamic extremism in the Middle East, …

Military drone plan grounded amid continuing debate over fleet needs

OTTAWA — The Canadian military’s almost decade-long quest to buy unmanned aerial vehicles has been partly hung up by an …

Canada commits cargo planes to ship arms for Kurdish fighters in Iraq

OTTAWA — Two of Canada’s military cargo planes will soon be ferrying weapons to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq — …

Harper offers ‘additional help’ to Obama in phone call over crisis in Iraq

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper expressed strong support for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq during a telephone conversation Tuesday with President Barack …

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