Lump-sum benefits of up to $420,207 are available, but veterans can choose instead to receive this as a fixed-rate weekly pension which, for someone who starts receiving payments at the age of 25 ...

For thousands of Canadian veterans, however, — particularly those wounded by bullets, shells or gas attacks — a far different battle loomed: the fight with Ottawa for support and benefits.

Prowse, a 35-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, said in October 2018 that McNeil and Bouchard presented arguments in favour of using the Veterans Affairs guideline in board decisions.

They are invisible veterans of an unpopular war, so reticent about their experience that next-door neighbors may never know that they served in Vietnam. Yet 56 of their comrades died in that war. T… ...

The Federal Court has certified a class-action suit against the Government of Canada, brought on behalf of 10,000 Canadian military veterans who suffered injuries during their service ...

A Canadian armed forces veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury was offered medical assistance in dying by an employee of Veterans Affairs Canada.

Footnotes. Competing interests: Kayla May is a knowledge mobilization specialist with the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans, where Abhimanyu Sud serves as chief scientific ...

It is becoming common to see dogs assisting people with their mental health in Canadian communities. Over the past five years, our research lab has been studying the benefits of service dogs for ...