July 1, 2025, marks two years since the first conscripts began their 11-month service under Latvia’s renewed conscription system, known as the National ...

Roughly 100 Edmonton soldiers departed for Europe Sunday to join the Multinational Brigade Latvia’s Operation Reassurance where they’ll stay for the next six months as part of the biggest ...

Edmonton-based soldiers leave for Europe on Sunday, June 15, 2025, to join the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia, where they'll stay for the next six months. Photo by Zac Delaney / Postmedia ...

Col. Sean French commands the 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, anticipating a full contingent of 2,200 soldiers. The troops will be spelling out Canadians coming out of Latvia, French said.

Canadian soldiers are in Latvia as part of the Canadian-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in July 2023 that, as part of a major commitment to ...

ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia—NATO troops from 14 nations amassed last month in a wooded area here to take part in the alliance’s biggest military exercise since the Cold War.

“By investing in air defence and anti-drone capabilities for Canadian troops, we are also bolstering the defensive capabilities of the NATO Battle Group in Latvia as a whole,” Blair says. The ...

OTTAWA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Canada will deploy four military helicopters to a NATO force in Latvia next year, the defense ministry said on Friday, marking the first time in 20 years that Ottawa has ...

During a visit to fellow NATO member Latvia, Canada’s top defence leaders announced Ottawa will deploy Bell CH-146 Griffon and Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters to the Baltic region starting in ...

“One thing we always say in Canada is ‘diversity is a source of strength. This battle group here in Camp Ādaži is proof of that, and the work we’re doing is incredibly valuable to NATO’s future.” ...

Canada has led a multinational NATO battle group in Latvia for six years and currently has about 800 of its own soldiers there. The force is one of four NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battle ...