Is the F-35 the right plane?
A former air force colonel questions the purchase. See previously: Why the F-35? and What we do we plan on doing with our fighter...
Arctic sovereignty
Why the F-35?
Paul Koring tries to figure out why we might need to buy the F-35. Interoperability with our allies? Using different planes didn’t...
Who owns the North Pole?
We used to think it was ours. But Russia has staked a claim, and the Danes will be next.
The Russians are mocking
Russia’s Arctic ambassador questions the Harper government’s fears of invasion .
Does Harper really care about the Arctic?
Leaked cables reveal PM touted Arctic issues for political gain
’A good working relationship’
Another leaked cable sheds light on our pitched battle with the Russians for the Arctic.
How bout them jets?
The Conservative government has pitched the purchase of 65 new F-35s as a job creation program , as a military recruitment tool...
An Arctic accident
Even before we were grounded, I had my life-changing moment, when a man in Gjoa Haven said he had an item that might interest me: the lost logbook of Lord Franklin
The arctic: Au nord, peu de nouveau
WELLS: "The Harper government’s real-world Arctic policy is moving closer to the real world, which means it is getting less spectacular"
’We would like to express our deepest sorrow’
The government’s apology , delivered by Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan, to Inuit who were forcibly relocated in the 1950s.