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A little more info and context for the resignation: OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk may be at the epicentre of the latest controversy to convulse the Canadian Armed Forces, but Canada’s second-highest ranking officer looked relaxed and was in good humour Wednesday when he reached out to...

Just rumbling through Google and on civy street "compensation for wrongful dismissal" can often be one years salary. Not sure how applicable that would be to this situation? What's a Vice Admiral's annual salary..... $125000 range?

A joint statement from Vice-Adm. Norman and the Department of National Defence says lawyers for both the Canadian government and the military officer have concluded conversations that have resulted in a mutually accepted agreement, and that the senior naval officer has decided not to return to...

Just in case anyone missed this:  ;) A Raptors team of fearless dreamers triumphed the only way they knew how — together This group who came from all over the world imagined something great and then, against a Warriors team that fought with their whole champion’s hearts, achieved it. BY BRUCE...

        "GO RAPTORS"       I would be shamefully amiss if I failed to mention there is "a" basketball game taking place in Toronto this evening.     This is a game for Canada ... hoping THE Canadian NBA team becomes THE NBA champions                   :cdn: :)                              ...

Thanks very much Petard for posting this story of Buffalo's work in finding and getting this aircraft flying once again. I am an aviation nut and this is a fascinating video trip of the work from start to finish of Mikey and Buffalo to save this old bird. I hadn't picked up on your posting this...

I spent two tours in CFB Baden. Training how to deal with a Soviet attack probably wouldn't be very attractive to a civy tech. And I still took pride in my work.  ;)

Go to any major RCAF flying base and watch a change of command parade.  :rofl: Yet the airplanes still fly. The pride is in my work.

Woke up this morning and turned on the TV to see the most astounding Canadian memorial service I have ever seen. I was so impressed with the true emotion and Canadian spirit at work. Congratulations to all participants and organizers of such a magnificent remembrance of the action that took...

Charging Donald Trump with crime wasn't an option, Robert Mueller says Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday charging the president of the United States with a crime in his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election was not an option his office could consider, given...

Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance and Vice-Admiral Mark Norman met this week to discuss the return of the senior naval officer as second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces. Although Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has said Vice-Adm. Norman would not be getting his old job back as...

An article from the Hill Times discussing Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's experience. https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/05/20/conservatives-confident-mark-norman-will-expose-more-liberal-wrongdoing/200489? I have been thinking over the past while what are some of the possible outcomes for the Admiral...

For those of us not current on Felix Baumgartner  :D An Austrian daredevil plummeted into the record books today (Oct. 14), breaking the mark for highest-ever skydive after leaping from a balloon more than 24 miles above Earth's surface. Add one more feat: Going supersonic. More at: ...

Norman was told by Harper cabinet to talk to Quebec shipyard about leasing deal 'Mark Norman was acting ... with cabinet authority,' says ex-defence minister Peter MacKay Vice-Admiral Mark Norman not only had the blessing of the former Conservative cabinet to deal with a Quebec shipyard, he was...

Remotely Piloted Air System Pilots from XIII Squadron were presented with brown-wreath Pilots Flying Badges by AOC 1 Group, Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth, today at RAF Waddington. The brown-wreath Pilot Flying Badges replace the blue-wreath badges following the recent announcement from the Chief...

Don Martin's summation of the story line of the Vice Admiral's misfortune. "Don Martin: The fall guy could be the general who suspended Mark Norman" https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-s-blog/don-martin-the-fall-guy-could-be-the-general-who-suspended-mark-norman-1.4415666

I'm a little older than you Hamish.  ;) Last saw it two moves ago. I'll go with the replies to my query. Thx.

There is a lot of attention lately on having a current measles shot. I don't have a record of what shots I got over the years. Is there someone on here with info on what vaccinations we normally receive?

The Fraser Institute is a Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity. It has been described as politically conservative and libertarian. The Toronto Sun is modeled on British tabloid journalism, even borrowing the name of The Sun newspaper published in London, and sharing some...