Event Location: Petawawa, ON

On behalf of National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Ont.) will lead a ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new Military Family Resource Centre at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa at St. Georges Chapel, 9 Festubert Blvd, Petawawa, ON K8H 1N3. Details are available online. Contact Simon.Lafortune2@forces.gc.ca  

National Defence Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) will provide an update on how the Government of Canada’s investments in the Canadian Armed Forces are delivering new equipment to members in the Canadian Army. This event will take place at the 4th Canadian Division Support Base (Garrison) Petawawa, 46 Menin Rd. Contact daniel.minden@forces.gc.ca.

Governor General Mary Simon will preside over the Change of Guidon ceremony for The Royal Canadian Dragoons regiment. This event will take place at Garrison Petawawa, 391 Menin Rd. Call 343-573-7563.

On behalf of National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.), Liberal MP William Amos (Pontiac, Que.) will mark the launch of a pilot project to provide new and upgraded facilities for the Royal Canadian Dragoons at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa. This project marks the Government of Canada’s first use of the … Read more

National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will visit 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa to highlight new logistics trucks being delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces. This event will take place at the 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa, Building H124. Call 613-996-3100.

On behalf of National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.), Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) will deliver remarks to highlight new communications equipment being delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces as part of the Integrated Soldier System Project. The event will be held at the 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa, Building S118. … Read more

National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will mark the opening of a new Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle facility at 4 Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa. Sajjan will take part in a visit to the construction site of a new complex for the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. This event will take place at TAPV Facility, 4 … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Sherry Romanado (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, Que.) will meet with families to highlight important investments in the Canadian Armed Forces’ Reserve Force as part of Canada’s new defence policy, at the Military Family Resource Centre in Petawawa. The event will be held at 1578 Wolfe Ave. … Read more

Media are invited to cover a visit by His Excellency Andrzej Duda, president of the Republic of Poland, to Garrison Petawawa on Tuesday. President Duda will meet with Canadian Armed Forces personnel from Garrison Petawawa who participated in Operation REASSURANCE, in Poland. Call 613-633-7896.

Media are invited to attend a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) panel discussion on mental health as part of its participation in Bell Let’s Talk Day. The sixth annual Bell Let’s Talk Day is on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The CAF is a longstanding partner with Bell in this initiative to continue the conversation around mental health … Read more