Canada's Arctic presence must get 'back on track'

The Canadian government's plan to buy $10-billion worth of new navy ships, including a fleet of Arctic icebreakers, needs to get "back on track," Defence Minister Peter MacKay says. This is growing urgent because Arctic ice is melting more quickly than expected, opening up new polar sea routes that will ...

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