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A plan to plug gaps in the continent’s Arctic defence shield faces roadblocks

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 12:06
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[Analysis] Despite the ballyhoo that surrounded last year’s announcement, it’s becoming clear that the modernization of North American air defence systems

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Feds extend restrictions on Arctic offshore drilling

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 15:08
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A federal suspension of Arctic oil and gas work was set to lift in 2023, but the government of Canada

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Blog: ‘Nor night nor day no rest’ – Arctic diplomacy divided (and united)

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 16:35
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As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine puts ‘more attention onto the needs of the Arctic’

Julia Peterson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 15:22
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A man whose life was upended in the name of Arctic sovereignty says Canada now needs to do more to keep

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Canada looks to reinforce Arctic sovereignty through diplomacy, military, says minister

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:08
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National Defence Minister Anita Anand is planning a trip to the Arctic, as she gathers her allied counterparts in Arctic

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NORAD alerts public of routine training operation in Arctic as Russia continues invasion of Ukraine

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:10
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As tensions rise between NATO and Russia, North America’s air defence is notifying the public about a training operation that

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Blog – A Chinese sailboat is circumnavigating the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 11:02
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Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic

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Finland and Russia discuss cooperation between Arctic and Barents structures

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 13:38
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While Russia takes over the Chair of the Arctic Council next year, Finland will have the responsibility of the Barents

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Allies testing naval readiness in Canada’s Arctic

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 09:48
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Operation Nanook, the Canadian military’s annual northern sovereignty exercise, is taking on a distinct NATO look this year with the

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COVID-19 blamed as work on Canadian Arctic military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 12:52
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The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing yet another delay more than 13 years

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Canadian navy receives its first new Arctic and offshore patrol ship

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 14:32
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The Royal Canadian Navy officially received on Friday its new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), HMCS Harry DeWolf, first

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Experts look at Arctic policies of region’s key players ahead of Halifax Security Forum

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 18:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:59
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The future of the Arctic in an age of global warming will be a major topic at the annual Halifax

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As China adapts to a melting Arctic, Shanghai prepares for the worst

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2019 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 13:38
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China’s claims to be a near-Arctic state is not all about a Polar Silk Road and access to natural resources,

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Justin Trudeau, Mike Pompeo discussed Arctic cooperation during Thursday meeting

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 16:05 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 16:07
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Canada-U.S. cooperation in the Arctic during Thursday’s

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Blog – At Arctic Circle Forum, China shows Arctic geopolitics are above Mike Pompeo’s pay grade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:47
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls

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