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Publication Date: April 8, 2026 - 04:00
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As drones upend tank warfare, Canada's army races to rethink its armour
April 8, 2026
Canada's army is weighing faster timelines for new armoured vehicles while rethinking tanks in light of Ukraine's drone-dominated battlefield. Aging Leopards need replacement, but commanders say technology — including uncrewed systems — will shape decisions, even as other priorities like air defence and long-range strike rank higher.
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April 18, 2026 - 06:00 | Ketsia Beboua | Walrus
Well, let's hope the Sens can take us on as wild a ride as the Blue Jays did last year. Read More
April 18, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
OTTAWA — Political parties, particularly those that are close enough to smell power, are quick to describe themselves as “big tents.”
With the addition this week of Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, the Liberal party’s new tent — to riff off a crack going around some Parliament Hill circles — is now big enough to drive a truckers’ convoy through.
While Gladu was the fourth Conservative MP to cross the floor and join Mark Carney’s government in recent months, the Tory caucus wasn’t the Liberals’ only source of growth. Gladu’s defection came less than a month after the NDP’s Lori Idlout...
April 18, 2026 - 05:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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