“Project Hero” catches on at four universities
Children of fallen soldiers will get four years free tuition at participating schools
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Tough. Challenging. Rewarding. That’s student life at the Royal Military College
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Scholarship for children of fallen Canadian soldiers is granted despite professors' objections last March
View ArticleMilitary training could return to elite schools
Obama's repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' could revive ROTC programs
View ArticleU of T students petition against the military
Administration asked to ban recruiters from campus
View ArticlePettigrew: the military shouldn’t train on campus
The argument against a Canadian Officers Training Corps
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On the death of Osama bin Laden—and the secret life of the elite Navy SEALs...
Photographs by Stephen Morton/Getty Images A sniper by trade, Howard Wasdin was a special forces commando attached to the U.S. military’s most covert unit—the same squad that would later assassinate...
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Space police
U.S. Air Force/Reuters An orbiting weapons platform, a spy plane, or a decade-old, billion-dollar money pit. The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space planes are a cloak-and-dagger project, but their secret...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in Libya
While the NATO mission grinds on, officials confirm that Canadian jets have dropped 240 laser-guided bombs on Libyan targets so far. David Pugliese reported last week that each bomb costs approximately...
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Good news, bad news: June 2-9, 2011
Good News Wrongfully convicted in her son's death, Tammy Marquardt is freed. (Lucas Leniuk/Toronto Star) Boots on the ground Canada’s combat tour in Afghanistan is entering its final few weeks, but the...
View ArticleDo you support the extension of Canada’s military mission in Libya?
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View ArticleOn patrol with Canadian troops in Afghanistan
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View ArticleThis bomb’s for you
John Baird leaves his mark in Libya. In keeping with a long-held air force tradition, Baird signed a Canadian bomb destined for Gadhafi’s infrastructure with the message: “Free Libya. Democracy.” The...
View ArticleThe war at home
Paul Robinson wonders about the ramifications of our turn toward militarism. However mythological Canada’s earlier peacekeeping image may have been, it was at least a noble myth to aspire to. The crass...
View ArticleBaird and the bomb
Jonathan McLeod objects to John Baird’s signing of a bomb in Libya. I do not like this tradition of writing messages on bombs, especially when those messages are written by our politicians. When using...
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Good news, bad news: June 30 – July 7, 2011
Good news Taliban hostages for 18 months, two French TV journalists return home. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters) Boots on the snow Canada is planning its biggest summer military exercise in the far North....
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