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Canada announces defense appointment

OTTAWA, June 16 (UPI) -- Canada's chief of the defense staff, Gen. Rick Hillier, announced Monday the appointment of a new vice chief of defense staff.

Canada names new chief of defense

OTTAWA, June 6 (UPI) -- An international veteran with the Canadian military was named chief of defense staff in Ottawa Friday by the Conservative government.

Report: Canadian pilots trained in Iraq

OTTAWA, April 22 (UPI) -- Canadian air force pilots flew missions in the war in Iraq as part of training on new Boeing C-17 aircraft, a leaked memo said.

Top Canadian soldier resigns

OTTAWA, April 15 (UPI) -- The chief of Canada's military defense staff, Gen. Rick Hillier, announced his resignation in Ottawa Tuesday after three years in the post.

Stanley Cup on display in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 20 (UPI) -- The Holy Grail of hockey, the Stanley Cup, was on display Thursday at a Canadian military base in Afghanistan on a morale-boosting mission.

Canadian soldiers warned of Internet risk

OTTAWA, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents are gleaning intelligence from soldiers' Internet postings from Afghanistan, a Canadian general in Ottawa said.

Canadian commander leads NATO's RC-S

OTTAWA, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- NATO announced Canadian Maj. Gen. Marc Lessard has assumed command of the 12,000-soldier NATO international security assistance force in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Canada's plan for Afghanistan criticized

OTTAWA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Canada's top military officer has criticized a proposal to end all of his country's combat efforts in Afghanistan by February 2009.