Auditor general finds F-35 costs soar amid project delays, pilot shortages
June 10, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan says the estimated cost of Canada’s incoming fleet of advanced stealth fighters exploded by nearly 50 per cent in just a few years, and the program is plagued by delays and critical shortfalls such as a lack of qualified pilots. Defence Minister David McGuinty says 30 of 32 NATO members are part of the F-35 program and all are affected by the same factors pushing up costs.
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A B.C. wildfire that came within metres of homes and triggered a local state of emergency in Squamish is now being held.The BC Wildfire Service said late Saturday that the Dryden Creek wildfire, which ignited last Monday, is projected to remain within its current perimeter based on forest fuel, weather conditions and resource availability.
June 15, 2025 - 20:15 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
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BANFF, Alta. — The heads of the world’s richest economies are converging on Alberta today for one of the most high-stakes G7 meetings in recent memory amid a U.S.-led global tariff war and the growing crisis in the Middle East.
On many of the G7’s key issues — namely the global trade war and Israel’s military operations in Gaza — Trump and the rest of the G7 leaders are largely on opposite sides.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s job as chair of the summit in Kananaskis, Alta., is to mediate discussions to make sure the tense alliance doesn’t blow up.
And that job has never...
June 15, 2025 - 18:56 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
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