OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan toured the front lines in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Monday, meeting with Kurdish military commanders and Canadian special forces who repelled last week's major offensive west of Irbil.
He says the issue of the Trudeau government's plan to withdraw CF-18 fighter-bombers hasn't come up in conversations with either Iraqi officials in Baghdad, nor the Kurds.
Instead, Sajjan says they've discussed how Canada can refocus its military commitment with a beefed up training mission, and he's given some suggestions on contributions the country can make — ideas he hadn't previously considered.
MORE National ARTICLES
Ottawa May Want To Consider Targeted Steps To Cool Mortgage Borrowing: Report
OTTAWA — The federal government may want to consider targeted steps to "lean against" the shift toward significantly bigger mortgages, a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute suggests.
Ottawa May Want To Consider Targeted Steps To Cool Mortgage Borrowing: Report
Canadian Tire Takes Aim At Wal-Mart In Latest Christmas Light Troubles
A Federal Court claim filed by Canadian Tire alleges that Wal-Mart worked with two Taiwanese companies to copy the construction and packaging of its Noma Quick-Clip lights.
Canadian Tire Takes Aim At Wal-Mart In Latest Christmas Light Troubles
Booze Still Drug Of Choice Among Grade 7-12 Students In Ontario, Survey Finds
The 2015 survey found that 29 per cent of 12th-graders reported engaging in hazardous drinking, and more than a quarter of adolescents said they were allowed to imbibe at home with friends.
Booze Still Drug Of Choice Among Grade 7-12 Students In Ontario, Survey Finds
Scientists Knew They Had 1st Test-tube Puppies In The World When The Mutts Wiggled And Cried
LOS ANGELES — A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube.
Scientists Knew They Had 1st Test-tube Puppies In The World When The Mutts Wiggled And Cried
Vancouver's Rajiv Dixit And Toronto Man Arrested In $93-Million Pyramid Scheme 'Banners Broker'
Police say the scheme — known as "Banners Broker" — was operated out of a Toronto address between October 2010 and March 2013.
Vancouver's Rajiv Dixit And Toronto Man Arrested In $93-Million Pyramid Scheme 'Banners Broker'
Giant Panda Cubs At Toronto Zoo Open Their Eyes, Continue To Grow
TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says two giant panda cubs born about eight weeks ago have now partially opened their eyes.