'We deserve better': Veteran shares frustration over claim application backlog
'We deserve better': Veteran shares frustration over claim application backlog Veterans waiting too long for benefits and aid
A major back log within Veteran Affairs is affecting benefits and aid for thousand of former service members. CTV's Jeremie Charron has more
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Veterans Affairs taking a harder line on therapy for families of former soldiers, ombudsman says
Veterans Affairs taking a harder line on therapy for families of former soldiers, ombudsman says Veterans Ombudsman Craig Dalton says the shift in approach caught him off guard
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 23, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 23
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Lt.-Col. Craig Dalton, as chief of staff for Task Force Ka.......
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Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut
Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut 'The department is disconnected from ... what goes on in injured veterans' households,' says one spouse
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 28, 2020 4:59 PM ET | Last Updated: March 3
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Shane Jones's combat tour in Afghan.......
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U.S. military veterans twice as likely to suffer from ALS
U.S. military veterans twice as likely to suffer from ALS
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03-02-2020
More veterans are getting cancer, and some suspect it's due to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan (US)
More veterans are getting cancer, and some suspect it's due to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star November 01, 2019 at 07:21 PM
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Lloyd Blair joined the Marine Corps as an 18-year-old itching for a fight after hijacked planes rocketed into the World Trade Center towers and set the world on.......
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U.S. military veterans twice as likely to suffer from ALS
U.S. military veterans twice as likely to suffer from ALS
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Note: In a number of credible studies in the UK, AUS and US, the resulting stats have placed the onset of 80% of all ALS cases originating from veterans diagnosed with PTSD.
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27-01-2020
More veterans are getting cancer, and some suspect it's due to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
More veterans are getting cancer, and some suspect it's due to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star November 01, 2019 at 07:21 PM
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Lloyd Blair joined the Marine Corps as an 18-year-old itching for a fight after hijacked planes rocketed into the World Trade Center towers and set the world on.......
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08-01-2020
Results of scientific inquiry into malaria drugs used by US troops expected in March 2020
Results of scientific inquiry into malaria drugs used by US troops expected in March 2020
Patricia Kime December 26, 2019
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During the response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, troops were issued the medication malarone to prevent malaria. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is reviewing the sci.......
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06-12-2019
Royal Canadian Legion shoots down bid to reveal details about executives’ salaries and travel 'Rather than have an open discussion about the finances and expenses required to support our executive, we have been denied that opportunity in a very arbitrary
Royal Canadian Legion shoots down bid to reveal details about executives’ salaries and travel 'Rather than have an open discussion about the finances and expenses required to support our executive, we have been denied that opportunity in a very arbitrary manner'
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08-11-2019
Housing complex of tiny homes for homeless veterans first of its kind in Canada Homes for Heroes unveiled
Housing complex of tiny homes for homeless veterans first of its kind in Canada Homes for Heroes unveiled
Bill Macfarlane, CTV Calgary @CTVBMacfarlane Published Monday, October 28, 2019 2:45PM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 29, 2019 9:25AM MDT
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Watch: The first of its kind in Canada, 15 homes for veterans in need were o.......