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Missing Canadian Navy Documents Found, Explanation Still Lost At Sea

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.01.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Electronic records detailing the planned overhaul of Canadian naval intelligence — created when admitted Russian spy Jeffrey Delisle was at...

Naval Officer Fined Over Groping Incident

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - A navy officer based in Esquimalt, B.C. has been fined $8,000 dollars and handed a reprimand for groping a female sailor aboard a Ca...

The $500,000 Fender-Bender

CBC | Posted 06.24.2012 | Canada Politics

The navy spent nearly half a million dollars to repair a supply ship that rammed into a dry dock in Halifax harbour last November. ...

Espionage Case Adjourned Until January 25

CP | Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.18.2012 | Canada

OTTAWA - The Harper government hunkered down Tuesday in an attempt to weather an unfolding spy drama involving a naval officer who worked at one of th...

Details Of Massive Shipbuilding Contracts To Be Revealed

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.12.2012 | Canada Politics

HALIFAX - The prime minister is expected to announce agreements Thursday that will govern the Halifax and Vancouver shipyards through the lifetime of ...

First Libya, Now Syria? Canadian Navy Not Coming Home

CBC | Posted 01.20.2012 | Canada

The Royal Canadian Navy, its mission in Libya completed, will continue to patrol the Mediterranean Sea for another year, increasing specu...

Useless Subs Will Sink Our Navy

Peter Worthington | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada Politics
Peter Worthington

What advantage would nuclear subs give Canada? Well, we could better detect Russian subs under Arctic ice. What would we do if we detected Russian subs? Well, we could inform the CBC which would relay the fact to Canadians. Would we consider torpedoing a Russian sub? Good gracious no!

No Nuclear Subs, Tory MP Says

CBC | Posted 12.28.2011 | Canada Politics

The government isn't looking to replace its diesel-electric submarine fleet with nuclear subs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Friday....

Halifax Cheers After Winning $25 Billion Naval Deal

CP | Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics

HALIFAX - Workers in hard hats waving Nova Scotia flags celebrated with a giant roar Wednesday when the Irving Shipyard won the $25-billion contract t...

Massive Shipping Contracts Awarded To Halifax And Vancouver

CP | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics

HALIFAX - Workers in hard hats waving Nova Scotia flags celebrated with a giant roar Wednesday when the Irving Shipyard won the $25-billion contract t...

Shipbuilding Contracts To Create 15,000 Jobs

CBC | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics

Halifax's Irving Shipbuilding is getting the $25-billion contract to build 21 Canadian combat ships and Vancouver's Seaspan Marine has be...

After Eventful Mission To Libya, HMCS Charlottetown Heads Home

CP | Posted 11.01.2011 | Canada

HALIFAX - HMCS Charlottetown will return to port in Halifax on Friday following a deployment with a NATO force off Libya. The frigate and its 240-m...

Twitter Reacts To Royal Namechange

CP | Posted 10.16.2011 | Canada

The Conservatives announced Tuesday that the Canadian air force and navy will, once again, have the word Royal in their names. The units, formerly ...

A Royal Rift In The Ranks?

The Huffington Post Canada | Althia Raj | Posted 10.15.2011 | Canada

The federal NDP caucus is split over the Conservative government’s decision to return a royal label to the Canadian navy and air force. As Huffingt...

Canadian Navy, Air Force To Become 'Royal' Again

The Huffington Post Canada | Althia Raj | Posted 02.06.2012 | Canada Politics

Canada’s navy and air force will get a royal name change Tuesday, The Huffington Post Canada has learned. The Conservative government plans to a...