by Editor | Aug 12, 2026 | Army Reserve, News, Operations
by Allan Joyner For years, something about the Canadian Rangers has been on the mind of their director, Colonel Benoit Mainville. “We were saying they were the eyes and ears of the North—but that was basically the depth of it. There was no transmission belt....
by Editor | Jun 3, 2026 | News, Operations
The largest Arctic operation in nearly two decades unfolded across three territories this winter. At the centre of it were the Canadian Rangers. by Allan Joyner In the winter of 1946, a small Canadian Army expedition set out to answer a question that had never...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2026 | News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher When Canada plays host to an event like the G7 Summit, it triggers a rare approval process within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) — use of force on domestic soil. As Joint Task Force Cadence was standing up in the fall of 2024 to lead the CAF...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2025 | News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher For the first time on a NATO Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL), the Canadian-led multinational brigade in Latvia deployed the full extent of its current resources, a demonstration of the growing combat power now taking shape. Exercise Oak...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2023 | Army Reserves, Combat Capability, Digital Army, Leadership, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher “The operational art is about being unpredictable,” Lieutenant-General Joe Paul noted as he closed a lengthy discussion about Operation Reassurance and the Canadian-led multinational enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group in Latvia....
by Editor | Nov 6, 2023 | News, Operations
Well before then Defence Minister Anita Anand announced in June that Canada would be sending a squadron of Leopard 2A4M main battle tanks to support the Canadian-led multinational battle group in Latvia, members of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) were...
