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U.S. Coast Guards in the Arctic. The Arctic needs better critical infrastructure for both military and civilian use, including deep seaports, roads, and runways, writes CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 17, 2025
The Conservatives’ plan for the North includes doubling the size of the Canadian Arctic Rangers, but it will hardly serve as a deterrent to those ‘hostile powers’ they want to thwart, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Sgt Jean-François Lauzé
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 17, 2025
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 17, 2025
The Conservatives’ plan for the North includes doubling the size of the Canadian Arctic Rangers, but it will hardly serve as a deterrent to those ‘hostile powers’ they want to thwart, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Sgt Jean-François Lauzé
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JENNIFER BRENNAN | January 2, 2025
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) president Nathan Obed. ITK is developing Inuit Nunangat University, which holds the promise to fundamentally transform the education system guided by the vision and values of Inuit, writes Jennifer Brennan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JENNIFER BRENNAN | January 2, 2025
Opinion | BY JENNIFER BRENNAN | January 2, 2025
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) president Nathan Obed. ITK is developing Inuit Nunangat University, which holds the promise to fundamentally transform the education system guided by the vision and values of Inuit, writes Jennifer Brennan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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
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
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
The government has put $52-million toward 350 projects in northern and Indigenous communities for things like assessing the impacts of glacial melt. Photograph courtesy of Christopher Michel
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
The government has put $52-million toward 350 projects in northern and Indigenous communities for things like assessing the impacts of glacial melt. Photograph courtesy of Christopher Michel
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured earlier this month, recently announced a joint funding collaboration with the Yukon government to support three Indigenous women's organizations with skills training. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured earlier this month, recently announced a joint funding collaboration with the Yukon government to support three Indigenous women's organizations with skills training. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
The Winnipeg-Churchill train is seen at the Churchill railway station in 1997. The train, a vital supply link to the North, hasn’t run for more than a year due to flood damage. Photograph courtesy of Peter Van den Bossche
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
The Winnipeg-Churchill train is seen at the Churchill railway station in 1997. The train, a vital supply link to the North, hasn’t run for more than a year due to flood damage. Photograph courtesy of Peter Van den Bossche
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 31, 2018
Since 2013, Canada has been conducting scientific mapping in order to submit its claim over its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 31, 2018
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 31, 2018
Since 2013, Canada has been conducting scientific mapping in order to submit its claim over its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY JULIAN SCHOFIELD | October 31, 2018
A CC-130 Hercules aircraft lands at CFB Alert, Nunavut after a fuel run during Operation Boxtop on Oct. 4, 2016. Almost all recent Canadian Armed Forces operations, like Operation Boxtop are defensively focused on Canada’s archipelago, writes Julian Schofield. Canadian Armed Forces photo courtesy of Cpl. Ryan Moulton
Opinion | BY JULIAN SCHOFIELD | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY JULIAN SCHOFIELD | October 31, 2018
A CC-130 Hercules aircraft lands at CFB Alert, Nunavut after a fuel run during Operation Boxtop on Oct. 4, 2016. Almost all recent Canadian Armed Forces operations, like Operation Boxtop are defensively focused on Canada’s archipelago, writes Julian Schofield. Canadian Armed Forces photo courtesy of Cpl. Ryan Moulton
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Intergovernmental and North Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is pictured being sworn in at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on July 18 when he was moved into his current role after a mid-summer shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Intergovernmental and North Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is pictured being sworn in at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on July 18 when he was moved into his current role after a mid-summer shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ELIZABETH MAY | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed told a global climate summit last year about global temperature increases: '1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is not only ambitious, but necessary for the survival of our people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ELIZABETH MAY | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY ELIZABETH MAY | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed told a global climate summit last year about global temperature increases: '1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is not only ambitious, but necessary for the survival of our people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod says his conversations with new Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs, and Internal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured, show that he shares the premier’s commitment to sustainable northern development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod says his conversations with new Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs, and Internal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured, show that he shares the premier’s commitment to sustainable northern development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GRAEME LEE ROWLANDS | October 26, 2018
With the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, there’s an opportunity to bring the salmon back home to the upper Columbia through a collaborative international-restoration program, writes Graeme Lee Rowlands, a researcher at Quest University Canada, a private university in Squamish, B.C. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY GRAEME LEE ROWLANDS | October 26, 2018
Opinion | BY GRAEME LEE ROWLANDS | October 26, 2018
With the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, there’s an opportunity to bring the salmon back home to the upper Columbia through a collaborative international-restoration program, writes Graeme Lee Rowlands, a researcher at Quest University Canada, a private university in Squamish, B.C. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay