The military’s head of personnel — one of the more prominent leaders in the Canadian Armed Forces — is on indefinite leave with pay as he faces a military police investigation over an allegation of rape that dates back almost three decades.
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service opened a file on Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson after CBC News notified the Department of National Defence (DND) that it was about to release a story featuring on-the-record remarks by the woman involved.
