NATO’s Arctic dilemma
NATO’s Arctic dilemma Two visions of the Arctic collide as NATO and Russia flex muscles Above image: Spanish Frigate Cristobal
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Author: Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Norway’s experience with F-35 fighter jets offers lesson for Canada
As the Canadian government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacement for its ageing fleet
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Canada’s Inuit set out their priorities for federal Arctic policy roadmap
As the federal government works on developing its new Arctic policy strategy, Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Ottawa
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NATO wants to keep tensions low in the High North, says Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Even as NATO is conducting its largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War close to the Arctic
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Environmental and Indigenous groups welcome IMO progress towards Arctic dirty fuel ban
Environmental and Indigenous groups hailed Friday progress made by the world maritime body towards developing a ban on the use
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Nearly 2,000 Canadian troops take part in NATO’s largest exercise since Cold War
Nearly 2,000 Canadian troops have been deployed to Northern Europe as the alliance kicked off Thursday its largest war games
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Inuit hail Arctic-focused restructuring at DFO and Canadian Coast Guard
As climate change opens up the Canadian Arctic to more shipping, fishing and resource development the federal government is reorganizing
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Russian military conducts confidence-building visit to Lapland Air Command in the Finnish Arctic
A team of Russian officers has arrived in northern Finland to conduct a confidence and security-building evaluation visit of the
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Environmental and Indigenous groups call on Canada to commit to dirty fuel ban in the Arctic
As the world’s maritime body gathers this week in London, a coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups is calling on
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Ottawa signals it’s open to talks on offshore Arctic oil and gas development
The Canadian government says it is open to talks with territorial governments, industry, and Indigenous governments and communities on the
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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries
Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three
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Nine countries and EU set to sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Central Arctic Ocean
Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers are meeting in Greenland Wednesday to sign a legally
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Canada announces investments to tackle illegal fishing and discarded fishing gear
The Canadian government is investing $10 million to support the development and deployment of satellite-based technologies that can remotely identify
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Conservation groups hope to educate Canadians with new Arctic marine atlas
Faced with dramatic shifts in the Arctic due to joint pressures of climate change and industrial development, a trio of
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Greenland joins push to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Environmental and northern Indigenous communities are welcoming the decision by Greenland to push for a ban on the use of
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