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That'll teach them15 comments

Paul Wells wrote 1 month ago: U.S. nuclear sub surfaces near the North Pole; Canadian foreign minister promises to get tough on … more →

Tags: Capital Read, Inkless Wells, it gets cold up there, Lawrence Cannon, the adjective "loose" comes to mind

Re: Canadian Arctic Sovereignty2 comments

laurenarcher wrote 3 months ago: 19th Century Canadian Art: An Iceberg, a Ship and Some Walrus near the Entrance of Hudson Strait, fr … more →

Tags: Archives, Art, Heritage

'It doesn't seem important. It is.'44 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 3 months ago: The prepared text of Michael Ignatieff’s speech to the Canadian Club this afternoon. I’m here … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Afghanistan, election, China, India, Brian Mulroney, pierre trudeau

It happens to the best of us10 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 3 months ago: David Akin, National Post, August 18. But the day wasn’t without a snag. A release from the PM … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Environment, Rudyard Griffiths, Iqaluit, Nunavut, The North, Iqualuit

Useful actions, empty rhetoric

James Bell wrote 3 months ago: An acid-tinged piece in Maclean’s from Paul Wells, who says the Harper government’s acti … more →

Tags: Nunavut, Journalism, Politics, Arctic, Canada, News, Stephen Harper, MacLean's, Paul Wells

He doesn't believe any taxes are good taxes34 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: Except maybe for those taxes that pay for cool stuff like this. (Video courtesy of David Akin.) … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Arctic, Nunavut, The North, Frobisher Bay

So what was that all about?57 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: The Nunatsiaq News calls it “the most expensive photo op you’ll ever see.” Torch b … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Andrew Coyne, Arctic, Mark Collins, North Pole, Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut, Russia

Mission accomplished66 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: Alison Crawford reflects on the exquisite precision of a Stephen Harper photo op. The Coast Guard … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay, Arctic, The North, HMCS Cornerbrook, HMCS TORONTO, Pierre Radisson

Stephen Harper takes brave stand against vegetarianism46 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: Having sampled seal, the Prime Minister will now eat only that. And is forcing his eating habits on … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, John Baird, Arctic, seal hunt, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Seal

Harper's Arctic Neocolonialism10 comments

Adrian MacNair wrote 4 months ago: Photo: CBC via Department of Defence I think that the above title pretty much sums up Marie Wadden … more →

Tags: Canada, Inuit, Marie Wadden, Iqaluit

PM Cyborg on Ice20 comments

redtory wrote 4 months ago: After boldly reiterating his credo that “resistance is futile!” in response to imagined threats to C … more →

Tags: Stephen Harper, humour, Stephen Harper is a Robot!

Tickle Trunk diplomacy49 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: As our forefathers foretold, the North shall be controlled by he who stages the manliest of photo op … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Vladimir Putin, Arctic, The North

Wimps?5 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: More from David Akin. Just in: PM & cabinet eating seal ribs and liver, both raw and boiled. Fir … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Arctic, seal hunt, Nunavut, Seal, The North

Wimps2 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: David Akin reports on lunch from the Prime Minister’s Arctic adventure. On seals — When … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Arctic, seal hunt, Seal, The North

The revolution will eventually end up on YouTube18 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 months ago: This footage is apparently a couple months old, but it is indeed Michael Ignatieff standing up in pu … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Afghanistan, Agriculture, Attack Ads, Bob Speller, Chalk River, Firearms, Gun registry

Call me a cynic, but I love it when I see this kind of thing...15 comments

James Bell wrote 4 months ago: A press release from the Office of the Prime Minister, in which the word “Iqaluit” is mi … more →

Tags: Arctic, Canada, Iqaluit, language, Nunavut, Politics, Leona Agglukaq, News, Stephen Harper

A primer on the geopolitical reality of the north - our north

cfcf wrote 4 months ago: Good primer in today’s Toronto Star about what’s at stake in the northern reaches of our … more →

Tags: Canada's North

The Toronto Star discovers the "Arctic"

James Bell wrote 5 months ago: The Toronto Star, Canada’s most-read daily newspaper — it claims a Saturday circulation of 600 … more →

Tags: News, Nunavut, Politics, writing, Arctic, Canada, Journalism, Stephen Harper, Toronto Star

To our Arctic-bound prime minister: Bon voyage, but ... 31 comments

Kady O'Malley wrote 5 months ago: … before you head off to points north, you might want to read — or at least have your sp … more →

Tags: Inside the Queensway, Capital Read, Stephen Harper, Environics, of course if a polar bear hugs david suzuki all bets ar


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