Canadian Military Postpones, Curtails Numerous Overseas Missions Due to COVID-19

Canadian Military Postpones, Curtails Numerous Overseas Missions Due to COVID-19
Canadian Forces CH-47 Chinook helicopters participate in a flyover of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 9, 2014. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The Canadian Armed Forces is postponing the deployment of a warship and surveillance aircraft to help enforce United Nations’ sanctions against North Korea because of the COVID−19 pandemic.

The delay is one of numerous changes the Forces is making to its overseas missions following a detailed analysis of the roughly 20 operations that the military is either already conducting or which were due to begin in the coming months.