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I'm surprised at how callous many on this site have become, which maybe is an indicator of the negative effects military service has on the psyche. I fully understand the frustration store employees, and this may not have been the first time this individual and his store was targeted, maybe even...

Perhaps the wording is fitted for but not with. Perhaps the thinking was that armed conflict is returning to being more conventional, where the enemy lines are more defined, and therefore we won't be sending our logistics vehicles through enemy held territory, there is a lessor need to have...

So as a non-Army type, I'm a little confused what the role of the Army Reserve as an organization. Reading through the recent posts, it seems (really broad brush) to be a poorly funded, poorly equipped group of individuals who don't really want to volunteer for anything that may inconvenience...

To keep this thread on topic, maybe the greater concern is the ensuing damage caused by accidently firing a round through the floor, trying to get the gun out to plink a few gophers.

Was he looking at upgrading his panel? If not, this decision by the municipality makes no sense. His house is likely already permitted to use up to 200 amps. Whether he uses this to charge his Tesla, or run carpentry equipment and his hot tub, it shouldn't matter to the municipality. Just that...

Not on the prairies, no. But when you think about the sizes, 1 section (1 mile x 1x mile) is 640 acres. So even if you are farming several sections (thousands of acres) road distance isn't that far. Granted, I'm speaking more to crop farming. But your point is valid about distances, the closest...

Except for the fact there are plenty of parts on an aircraft that TX and/or need to be inspected on a regular basis regardless of whether they are flown. All you are doing is punting the problem down the road, until you have an even larger number to "fix" with the same number of people. Unlike...

Actually, electric trucks on a farming operation make a lot of sense. They tend to be used for short distances, with a lot of starting and stopping, and tend to have large periods of time they sit idle. They are usually required for work requiring large torque/low speed needs, which electric...

But the truth of the matter is that there is only a very small portion of the population who actually gets to vote for any of the party leaders. Everyone else is voting for a party, or the MP who represents a party locally. Wholesale routing in an election is predominantly a provincial thing in...

I would expect the issue is that there are several Col Finance positions opening up next FY that they want to ensure are filled with individuals who have a hard Fin background, without the need to skip other non-Fin individuals higher on the merit list, and thus needing to promote past the...

It is funny that when I posed the question of personnel and resource shortages, the group think was to go directly to the "pilot shortage". In some of the busiest fleets, pilots are not the limfac. Its the loadmasters, maintenance pers, and support personnel and their equipment that is the thing...

Where we would be find the funding and personnel to fly them? There are already hard decisions that will need to be made to just be able to operate current and near term capacities coming on board. All the good idea fairies who are suggesting anything more than what we currently have on the...

There is some hearsay available on the CAF REDDIT that says that potentially permission was sought, denied by the decision makers, and action taken anyway. There are also rumors that perhaps decisions taken on what to do with the remains is what really has gotten the two individuals in trouble.

That's why local was in "". Local could be 1000km away, but they may be still entitled to the remains.

This is a very weird event. Even when there are issues with Polar Bears, there is a whole process to go through before you can be authorized to destroy one, and even then there usually is a requirement to donate the remains to a "local" Innu community.

And this was the point I was making. It isn't about firearms. It is about smuggling items across international borders. It could have been 3 dozen tvs and 45000 BBQ lighters, the point is he tried, allegedly, to get them across the border without declaring them. And we don't know if they were...

I think we have all started to lose the point of the story a bit. It doesn't matter if it was firearms, cigarettes, alcohol, electronics or clothing. The real point here is a RCAF major, if the we take the details of the story as true, intentionally SMUGGLED items across the border without...

But commercial pay cheques can also be working for the contractor who is providing the ISS for the fleets we currently have, or will have soon, which doesn't require all the other military duties that Techs hate doing. Even if the pay is the same, there is the opportunity for overtime and a...

This is how a few bad apples ruin it for everyone. I would have to assume that this individual has all the appropriate licenses and permits for the legal firearms he possessed. But it will be spun that gun owners can't be trusted to follow the rules, even those who hold trusted positions in the...

I grew up in Northern NB, where 20 years ago most people would have signed over the land to you to take it off their hands to save having to pay the property taxes. Now those lots are going for $200K-300K. It is sometimes about the long game.