Carney, defence minister and military chief in Iqaluit for sovereignty announcement

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Warming temperatures are opening the Northwest Passage as a shipping lane and raising so many concerns about who controls the Arctic that one of Mark Carney's first trips as Canada's new prime minister was to Iqaluit on Tuesday as part of an effort "to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the North."

Canada's new prime minister visits country's Arctic region to assert sovereignty

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region. Carney will make a defense announcement in Canada’s far north while in the capital…

Carney, Defence Minister and Military Chief in Iqaluit for Sovereignty Announcement

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Iqaluit today in a bid to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. Carney is expected to make an announcement on strengthening security along with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan. He is also set to meet with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and members of the Canadian Rangers who patrol the Arctic. The visit to Nunavut will wrap up Carney’s first trip as Canada’s …

Carney set to make sovereignty announcement in Iqaluit - National

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Iqaluit in a bid to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. He is also set to meet with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok.