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HALIFAX Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Ottawa wants to get ship building under way “very quickly” to replace two aging navy supply ships. Mr. MacKay says the federal government wants to pursue a Canadian-made solution to replace the vessels...
DARTMOUTH, N.S. The federal and Nova Scotia governments have announced funding for an international canoe competition that's expected to draw competitors from more than 90 countries to a Dartmouth lake next year. Peter MacKay, the minister...
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KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay assured the Afghan government Tuesday that Canadian troops are following the rules of engagement in Afghanistan as concern mounts over civilian deaths in the war-torn country after a...
INUVIK, Northwest Territories—Canada is seeing an increase in Russian flights near its airspace in the Arctic as it seeks to strengthen its sovereignty in the vast resource-rich region, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Thursday. "There...
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OTTAWA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has dismissed the latest threats by Afghanistan's Taliban militia as "nothing more than propaganda", according to a local media report Monday.     MacKay made the remarks on...
OTTAWA The Canadian Forces announced yesterday they will fly leased Russian helicopters and secondhand U.S. ones in Afghanistan as the purchase of a new fleet of Chinooks is delayed by another two years to 2013. The Harper government announced...
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