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The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect
Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, will host the Arctic Council ministerial April 24-25. (The Canadian Press) As current Chair of the Arctic Council, Canada will host...
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Arctic nations to sign ‘historic’ coast guard agreement
The Canadian Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent maneuvers into position to moor up with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy during a cooperative science mission to the Arctic Ocean between the U.S. and...
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Lessons from Norway’s Russia assessment
Chief of Norwegian Intelligence Service Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde speaks to reporters at the presentation of Focus 2016 intelligence assessment report. Torbjørn Kjosvold / Forsvaret An annual...
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Don’t overdramatize planned Russian ballistic missile salvo: Canadian general
In this undated photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site and released on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, the Russian navy test-fires a Sineva intercontinental...
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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press) Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international...
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Canada’s defence review and the Arctic
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan holds a press conference at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, to discuss open and transparent public consultations on Canada’s defence...
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Canada to submit Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past a iceberg in Lancaster Sound, Friday, July 11, 2008. (Jonathan Hayward/ The Canadian Press) Canada plans to submit its Arctic...
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Freeze or thaw? What Freeland’s appointment means for Russia-Canada relations...
Canadian Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters during the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. Freeland was appointed Canada’s foreign affairs minister...
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U.S. Arctic strategy puts Canada and Russia on notice
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 and provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea breaks ice in the Northern Arctic ocean in support of various scientific research...
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Do Russian bomber patrols in the Arctic threaten Canada’s security and...
This is a Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo provided by Britain’s Royal Air Force of a Russian military long range bomber aircraft photographed by an intercepting RAF quick reaction Typhoon (QRA) as...
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Surveillance and search and rescue top Canada’s Arctic defence priorities
Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan speaks at CFB Trenton in Ontario, on June 8, 2017. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press) Despite blasting Russia for its “illegal annexation of Crimea” and “its...
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Canada takes part in EU meeting on Arctic policy
EU Environment commissioner Karmenu Vella, Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini...
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Blog – Canada’s defence review & the Arctic : A bipartisan consensus?
Ranger Joe Amarualik drives his snowmobile on the ice during a Canadian Ranger sovereignty patrol near Eureka, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut in March 2007. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press) Canada’s...
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China’s Arctic Road and Belt gambit
The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong harbored in Shanghai in 2012. The Xuelong is the first Chinese vessel to have crossed the Arctic Ocean. (Pei Xin / Xinhua / The Associated Press) Strategic concerns over...
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Ottawa ready to discuss Inuit co-management of crucial Arctic habitat
The North Water Polynya, or Pikialasorsuaq “The Great Upwelling” in Inuktitut, is the largest Arctic polynya and the most biologically productive region north of the Arctic Circle. (Courtesy Inuit...
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Blog: Arctic fishing agreement – When climate change drives diplomacy
A fishing boat navigates past icebergs in Ilulissat, Greenland. There’s a worry that as sea ice retreats, the world’s commercial fishing fleets will penetrate farther north. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)...
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Blog: Looking back on the year that was in the Arctic
A resident views the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as “Iceberg Alley”, near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada April 16, 2017. (Greg Locke/Reuters) In Utqiaġvik...
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NATO wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Despite rising...
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China’s Arctic ambitions no threat to Canada, say experts
The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong harbored in Shanghai in 2012. The Xuelong is the first Chinese vessel to have crossed the Arctic Ocean. (Pei Xin/Xinhua/Associated Press) China’s growing involvement and...
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Canada extends air defence monitoring zone to entire Canadian Arctic
A pilot positions a CF-18 Hornet at the Cold Lake Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, in Alberta, in 2014. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) In a move that reflects the growing tensions between Russia and...
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