11-02-2018 22:35 via ottawacitizen.com

Canada's military hit glitches at Vimy centennial

Bureaucratic breakdowns and late planning left the Department of National Defence scrambling as it attempted to plan an event that had been on the calendar for 100 years, new documents reveal.A little more than two weeks before a military contingent of 285 had to arrive in France for the Vimy centennial event last April, DND still hadn’t finalized their orders.The Defence Department was preparing for Vimy 100, the anniversary of one of Canada’s most renowned battles, the same co
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