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Snowmobiles light the drop zone before a Canadian Armed Forces battalion parachute drop near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. DND photograph by Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ANDREW LATHAM | December 31, 2024
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair. By adopting a focused and pragmatic strategy to protect its undersea cables, Canada can safeguard its national interests and contribute to the stability of the global order, writes Andrew Latham. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW LATHAM | December 31, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW LATHAM | December 31, 2024
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair. By adopting a focused and pragmatic strategy to protect its undersea cables, Canada can safeguard its national interests and contribute to the stability of the global order, writes Andrew Latham. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW ERSKINE | December 9, 2024
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair. Ottawa must find the right fleet composition and capacity so the Navy can make more tactically informed decisions about its operations, writes Andrew Erskine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW ERSKINE | December 9, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW ERSKINE | December 9, 2024
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair. Ottawa must find the right fleet composition and capacity so the Navy can make more tactically informed decisions about its operations, writes Andrew Erskine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOHN POMEROY | December 4, 2024
Canada must prepare for minimal sea ice in the Arctic Ocean in the summer and sea level rise on all coasts as glacier melt raises sea levels, writes John W. Pomeroy, a snow and ice hydrologist at the University of Saskatchewan. Photograph courtesy of pasja1000, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY JOHN POMEROY | December 4, 2024
Opinion | BY JOHN POMEROY | December 4, 2024
Canada must prepare for minimal sea ice in the Arctic Ocean in the summer and sea level rise on all coasts as glacier melt raises sea levels, writes John W. Pomeroy, a snow and ice hydrologist at the University of Saskatchewan. Photograph courtesy of pasja1000, Pixabay.com
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | December 2, 2024
At first glance it would seem ludicrous to think we could deter the Russian or Chinese navies with a 7,000 ton Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship which mounts a single 25mm cannon, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Corporal David Veldman
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | December 2, 2024
At first glance it would seem ludicrous to think we could deter the Russian or Chinese navies with a 7,000 ton Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship which mounts a single 25mm cannon, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Corporal David Veldman
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | January 8, 2019
Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) president Monica Ell-Kanayuk, left, and National Inuit Youth Canada president Suwaksiork Ruth Kaviok speak to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna at the COP24 climate change meeting in December in Katowice, Poland. Photograph courtesy of ICC Canada
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | January 8, 2019
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | January 8, 2019
Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) president Monica Ell-Kanayuk, left, and National Inuit Youth Canada president Suwaksiork Ruth Kaviok speak to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna at the COP24 climate change meeting in December in Katowice, Poland. Photograph courtesy of ICC Canada
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | December 3, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Armarjeet Sohi, pictured in this file photo at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | December 3, 2018
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | December 3, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Armarjeet Sohi, pictured in this file photo at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | December 3, 2018
The Trans Alaska pipeline is pictured. The Eagle Spirit proposes a 1,500-kilometre pipeline through similar terrain, starting in Fort McMurray, Alta. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
News | BY JOLSON LIM | December 3, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | December 3, 2018
The Trans Alaska pipeline is pictured. The Eagle Spirit proposes a 1,500-kilometre pipeline through similar terrain, starting in Fort McMurray, Alta. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
Canada’s space sector is overseen by antiquated regulations and an equally out-of-step law called the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, also known as the RSSSA, writes Conservative Sen. Dennis Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Canada’s space sector is overseen by antiquated regulations and an equally out-of-step law called the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, also known as the RSSSA, writes Conservative Sen. Dennis Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
A winter ice road to the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines. Photograph courtesy of the Mining Association of Canada
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
A winter ice road to the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines. Photograph courtesy of the Mining Association of Canada
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
The Dempster Highway is pictured crossing the Richardson Mountains in the Yukon. The federal government is well positioned to bring together all levels of governments, the private sector, experts, and interest groups to establish a vision for infrastructure development in the North, says Jennifer Spence. Photograph courtesy of PierreWiki
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
The Dempster Highway is pictured crossing the Richardson Mountains in the Yukon. The federal government is well positioned to bring together all levels of governments, the private sector, experts, and interest groups to establish a vision for infrastructure development in the North, says Jennifer Spence. Photograph courtesy of PierreWiki
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced in November, along with her cabinet colleagues, that a new Arctic Policy Framework would guide the federal government’s northern priorities until 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced in November, along with her cabinet colleagues, that a new Arctic Policy Framework would guide the federal government’s northern priorities until 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Members of the Senate’s Special Arctic Committee, chaired by Dennis Patterson, right, pictured with deputy chair Patricia Bovey, middle, went on a fact-finding mission in the North in September to hear from people on the ground. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
Members of the Senate’s Special Arctic Committee, chaired by Dennis Patterson, right, pictured with deputy chair Patricia Bovey, middle, went on a fact-finding mission in the North in September to hear from people on the ground. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Yellowknife is home to these transmission towers at the Northwest Territories Power Corporation power plant. Twenty-five of the N.W.T.’s 33 communities currently get their power from diesel generation stations. Clean electricity would result in a major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says Liberal MP Michael McLeod. Photograph courtesy of WinterCity296
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Yellowknife is home to these transmission towers at the Northwest Territories Power Corporation power plant. Twenty-five of the N.W.T.’s 33 communities currently get their power from diesel generation stations. Clean electricity would result in a major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says Liberal MP Michael McLeod. Photograph courtesy of WinterCity296
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed is pictured at a first ministers' meeting in December 2016. Mr. Obed says he and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc have pledged to set a new course on Nutrition North's redesign. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed is pictured at a first ministers' meeting in December 2016. Mr. Obed says he and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc have pledged to set a new course on Nutrition North's redesign. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
The trans-sectoral ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, pictured, have helped to revitalize Canada’s lacklustre research effort in the North by defragmenting the academic research community and partnering it with Inuit and the private and public sectors, say ArcticNet's Leah Braithwaite and Louis Fortier. Photograph courtesy of Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
The trans-sectoral ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, pictured, have helped to revitalize Canada’s lacklustre research effort in the North by defragmenting the academic research community and partnering it with Inuit and the private and public sectors, say ArcticNet's Leah Braithwaite and Louis Fortier. Photograph courtesy of Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Air Nunavut is a registered Inuit firm. In May 2015, the federal government was ordered by the courts to have procurement policies in place to support Inuit-owned businesses by July 31, 2016. Canadians are still waiting, writes Independent MP Hunter Tootoo. Photograph courtesy of CambridgeBayWeather
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Air Nunavut is a registered Inuit firm. In May 2015, the federal government was ordered by the courts to have procurement policies in place to support Inuit-owned businesses by July 31, 2016. Canadians are still waiting, writes Independent MP Hunter Tootoo. Photograph courtesy of CambridgeBayWeather