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Canadian icebreaker dry-docked for the year

Print Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:04 Written by CBC News


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Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Amundsen clears a path through the ice on the Saguenay river in front of the La Baie sector of Saguenay, Quebec. Photo: Jacques Boissinot, The Canadian Press.
Inspection finds problems with four of six engines on vessel used for Arctic research

The Canadian Coast Guard's Amundsen icebreaker will be dry-docked in Quebec this year after a recent Transport Canada inspection found four of its six engines cracked.

"We were not expecting this on the Amundsen so early because the ship has less sea time," said Johnny Leclair, regional fleet director for the Canadian Coast Guard.

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Canada urged to boost its search and rescue capability in High Arctic

Print Friday, 27 January 2012 15:29 Written by The Link, Radio Canada International


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Baffin Island, Nunavut. Photo: Eilís Quinn, Radio Canada International
With more and more people taking advantage of the melting ice to travel to the world's polar regions, so too increases the risk for catastrophic accidents.

But, even though it signed a circumpolar Search-and-Rescue Treaty at a meeting of the Arctic Council last May, Canada is far from being able to meet its obligations under that agreement.

In this report, Marc Montgomery, host of Radio Canada International's The Link, speaks with Ron Wallace, the author of a policy paper for the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute think tank.

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Satellites could fix F-35 radio woes in High Arctic

Print Tuesday, 25 October 2011 13:11 Written by The Canadian Press


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A potential solution to the F-35's northern communication woes has been grinding its way through the federal bureaucracy for three years but has yet to receive the green light.

The Canadian Space Agency has been studying polar communications and determined in September 2008 that a pair of satellites over the High Arctic would vastly improve not only aircraft communication, but broadband access and climate change weather forecasting.

A decision on whether to build the satellites as part of the Polar Communications and Weather project is unclear because the agency, in partnership with National Defence and Environment Canada, is still consulting on the socio-economic impact.

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Western Arctic member of Canadian Parliament questions Arctic ship spending

Print Tuesday, 25 October 2011 08:51 Written by CBC News


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In ten years, there will be half a dozen new Canadian ships patrolling the Arctic.

Last week, the federal government announced its National Shipbuilding Program. It awarded contracts to shipbuliders in Halifax and Vancouver.

It's likely that the first ships launched under the program will be six destined to patrol the Arctic offshore, fulfilling a long-standing promise by the Conservatives to beef up Canada's presence in the North.

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Canadian F-35s face communication problems in Arctic

Print Sunday, 23 October 2011 08:55 Written by The Canadian Press


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A series of briefings given to the country's top air force commander last year expressed concern that the F-35's radio and satellite communications gear may not be as capable as that of the current CF-18s. (Lockheed Martin/Canadian Press)
Canada's new multibillion-dollar stealth fighters are expected to arrive without the built-in capacity to communicate from the country's most northerly regions — a gap the air force is trying to close.

A series of briefings given to the country's top air force commander last year expressed concern that the F-35's radio and satellite communications gear may not be as capable as that of the current CF-18s, which recently went through an extensive modernization.

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