The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 28
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TOP SOLDIER PUTS MILITARY ON NOTICE OVER ASSAULT: A disappointed and angry chief of the defence staff put the military on notice Monday after a Statistics Canada survey found a troubling number of sexual assaults and other misconduct among active service personnel. The study’s findings include an estimated 960 men and women who say they were victims of sexual assaults in the last year — some of which occurred after the last time Gen. Jonathan Vance read the riot act to members of the Forces. Vance said commanders now will put more emphasis on “targeting” perpetrators with the “intelligence” contained in the Statistics Canada survey.
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