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Canada to take helm of Arctic Council as region heats up
With the Conservative government’s foreign policies already under a critical spotlight this week, a conference on the future of the Arctic to be held Thursday in Ottawa will urge Canada to assume a new...
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There may be more to the Arctic thaw than global warming
MOSCOW – Conversations with half a dozen of Russia’s top northern experts over the past few weeks have led me to several firm conclusions. The Kremlin is far less pugnacious about its claims to the...
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Aglukkaq of the Arctic: Can federal minister set a vision for international...
With a huge polar bear skin proudly displayed on one wall of her Parliament Hill office and the baton-sized penis bone of a walrus set on a nearby shelf, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq’s...
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Arctic melting spurs U.S. exploitation strategy
WASHINGTON – Amid news that Earth’s atmosphere has reached a milestone in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations never before seen in the history of mankind, the United States has announced an...
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Arctic nations sign deal to improve oil spill response
Canada has begun its chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council as it welcomed some new “observer” states, including China and India, and signed a new deal to improve oil spill responses in the...
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Canada suspends military operations near disputed Hans Island
OTTAWA – The Canadian army has suspended military operations in the vicinity of a tiny, uninhabited island off the coast of Greenland that has been the source of an ongoing spat between Canada and...
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Unfinished oil and gas pollution rules greet Stephen Harper’s new environment...
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper latest environment minister, Leona Aglukkaq, could bring some front-line views of the impacts of global warming on her home in Canada’s North to the federal...
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Canada joins international partners to battle climate pollutants
Canada’s new Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq will join top government officials in Norway Tuesday to discuss how nations can cut emissions of soot, methane and other “short-lived climate...
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Stephen Harper’s environment minister casts doubt on climate change
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s environment minister is casting doubt about scientific observations of melting summer sea ice in Canada’s north. In a short televised interview on CTV’s daily...
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Tourism expert calls for monitoring, protection of fragile Arctic environment...
For tourism expert Alain Grenier, the opportunity to speak at the inaugural Arctic Circle conference was a first. “Tourism is not regarded as a very important player in the North,” explained Grenier, a...
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Leona Aglukkaq’s dead polar bear picture fires up Arctic storm
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq has fired up a Twitter storm after posting a picture of a dead polar bear and downplaying scientific concern about threats to the survival of the iconic...
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Canada, NATO allies to consider military deployment over Ukraine
By Lee Berthiaume Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — The possible deployment of Canadian military forces into Eastern Europe will be top of mind Wednesday when senior NATO officials present alliance members with...
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