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• Arctic sovereignty? What is at stake?

... Canadian political debate, it conjures up images of Canada losing its national heritage in the nort...It does not apply to warships or to other government ships. This meant that the ...

• Behind the Headlines
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 1, January 2007

• Mirror images? Canada, Russia, and the circumpolar world.

... and the July 2008 decision to send warships into Arctic waters (for the first time in decades)...

• International Journal
• Vol. 65 Nbr. 4, September 2010

• It's Sept. 12 in U.S. -- Sept. 10 in Canada

The most remarkable change is that Canadians seem to have forgotten 9/11 actually happened," says Liberal Senator Colin Kenny, the chair of the upper house's influential national security and defence committee. "I think something changed when the four Princess Pats were killed in the friendly fire in 2002," says author and historian Jack Granatstein. "I thought it was less that they were killed in Afghanistan, but more that they were killed by the Americans. The American, anti-Bush image of the United States, a slap-happy pilot shooting our boys -- that started the trend of everybody being returned being front page notice. Many Canadians want the troops brought home, as we come to grips with frequent images of flag-draped coffins. Many Canadians simply don't believe in one simple conn...

...Canada also committed 2,000 troops, six warships, six planes and its elite special forces to Afghan...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 11, 2009

• Months of Mondays

My role is to be the crew's advocate to command," said [Dave Bliss], an affable man with a lifetime of tattoos running up and down both forearms. "I take the daily temperature of the crew and see what's getting at them. "I've been away on deployments, away from my family," [Warren Fensom] said. "I've also been the spouse of someone in harm's way. And I've been the father of someone in harm's way. And the worst is being the one at home, not being able to do anything to protect your family." "It's hard now to remember what she looks like," said [Jason Gallant], 39. "She was just three months old when I left and when I get back, she'll be close to a year old. It's very stressful for my girlfriend."

...As one of more than 50 international warships patrolling the pirate-infested waters off the Horn...The images bring a smile to his face right up to the moment h...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• October 02, 2009