OTTAWA — Canadian troops in Latvia are being warned about their cell phones and social media accounts being co-opted, says NATO’s secretary general. The Post reported Friday that lies are being spread online about the 450 Canadian personnel stationed in Latvia. Stoltenberg announced in Halifax this weekend that a Canadian, former United Nations gender adviser Clare Hutchinson, will be NATO’s special representative for women, peace and security. “And Canada is increasing defence investments, significantly increasing (its) defence budget this year and announced it will continue to increase. “NATO is ready to defend in fact any ally against any threat, and that’s also the case for Canada.

Source: National Post November 19, 2017 19:41 UTC