Vice-Admiral Mark Norman to Retire Rather Than Returning to Duty

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman to Retire Rather Than Returning to Duty
Vice Admiral Mark Norman reacts during a press conference in Ottawa on May 8, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is retiring from the Canadian Forces after reaching a “mutually acceptable agreement” with the government, the Department of National Defence said Wednesday.

The surprise announcement comes more than a month after Crown prosecutors stayed their politically charged breach-of-trust case against the military’s former second-in-command.