Canada’s North, Canada’s moment

Canada’s North, Canada’s moment

The largest Arctic operation in nearly two decades unfolded across three territories this winter. At the centre of it were the Canadian Rangers. by Allan Joyner   In the winter of 1946, a small Canadian Army expedition set out to answer a question that had never...
Finalizing ground mobility in the Arctic

Finalizing ground mobility in the Arctic

by Ken Pole   With Canada’s northern flank increasingly seen as a strategic vulnerability, much of the focus has been on acquiring air defence and new sensors, and on creating northern operational support hubs in an area that accounts for nearly 40 percent of...
Arctic vehicle on track for RFP by 2026

Arctic vehicle on track for RFP by 2026

by Ian Coutts   When Canadian Army Today last checked in on the Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement (DAME) project in 2021, we likened it to a muskox. That implacable Arctic beast that, whatever the conditions, keeps plodding forward seemed a good stand-in for a...