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Canada’s defence minister says military upgrades part of plan to strengthen...
Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan looks on as a technician fires up a generator at Canadian Forces Station Alert, Canada’s northernmost military base. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada) Canadian...
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Chinese-made equipment in Canada’s Arctic ships under scrutiny
The Royal Canadian Navy’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard. (The Canadian Press) Canada’s international trade minister...
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Norway’s experience with F-35 fighter jets offers lesson for Canada
First Norwegian Armed Forces Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, known as AM-1 Joint Strike Jet Fighter, is unveiled during the rollout celebration at Lockheed Martin production facility in Fort Worth,...
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Canada, U.S. must do more to check Russian military in the Arctic, says NORAD...
A Russia Tu-160 bomber stands on the runway at Engels Air Base near Saratov, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, Aug. 7, 2008. (Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press) The American...
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Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about
The Transpolar Passage, the shipping lane of the future? (Mia Bennett/Cryopolitics) By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North Pole. Few...
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Premier in Arctic Canada to push Ottawa for more military and icebreakers in...
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod in Ottawa on Oct 3, 2017. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod is laying out a vision for the North’s future that includes...
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Blog – At Arctic Circle Forum, China shows Arctic geopolitics are above Mike...
China’s Arctic strategy focuses on policy and economic aspects rather than military and territorial control, says Cryopolitics’ Mia Bennett. In this picture, a Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship...
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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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