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Canada may send military to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark [Updated]

2026.01.18 /

Canada has drawn up plans to send a contingent of soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with other NATO allies in the face of threats from the US president to annex the semi-autonomous island controlled by Denmark.

Two senior government officials told The Globe and Mail that the Canadian Armed Forces is awaiting final political approval from Prime Minister Mark Carney before the soldiers are flown to Greenland.

In separate reporting, two senior Canadian officials told CBC News that a set of contingency plans were drawn up last week and presented to the federal government.

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US increasingly focused on Canada to ensuring American dominance in the Arctic

2026.01.18 /

The president’s intensifying focus on Canada behind closed doors, whose relationship with the US has been deeply strained since he came into office, comes as he transforms some of his longtime criticisms of America’s neighbours in the Western Hemisphere into actions aimed at expanding US power in the region.

Protecting Canada’s northern border is a key part of Trump and his top aides’ vision of “solidifying” the Western Hemisphere, as one of the US officials put it. As the Americans see it, the acquisition of Greenland would also benefit Canada.

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What are the threats Canada faces today?

2026.01.17 /

Alan Jones, a former Assistant Director of Operations for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) discusses the threats Canada faces, intelligence sharing, and whether or not the US poses a threat to Canada now and the extent to which that might affect intelligence sharing between Canada and the US.

Is the U.S. a threat to Canada? Former CSIS Assistant Director Weighs-in

FAA warns pilots to exercise caution over Mexico, Central America, eastern Pacific, citing ‘military activities’

2026.01.16 /

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday, January 16, 2026, urged US aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities” and possible satellite navigation interference.

The warning was issued in a series of Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued by the FAA. They say, “Potential risks exist for aircraft at all altitudes, including during overflight and the arrival and departure phases of flight.” The alerts are in effect for 60 days. Such notices are issued routinely in any region where there are hostilities nearby.

Source: AP https://apnews.com/article/faa-flight-warnings-pacific-ocean-dd0cbe105d75f6d8acf16f02884865c0

Chatham House Director warns ‘This does mark the end of the Western alliance’

2026.01.13 /

Bronwen Maddox, Director and Chief Executive of the Chatham House international affairs think-tank, gave her annual lecture at the institution’s London headquarters on January 13, 2026, said, ‘We have had from President Trump what amounts to a revolution. He has given the US a radically new role in the world and – at the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – a role that rejects the principles on which the US was founded: that government should be accountable to the people.’

Maddox added, ‘Most profound, we have had the rejection of principles of international law that the US helped forge – even if it often declined to apply those to itself. Venezuela brandished that rejection to the world, followed by the President’s intention to acquire Greenland.

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US senators introduce bill to prevent the US military from occupying or annexing NATO territories, including Greenland

2026.01.13 /

The bipartisan legislation would prohibit the Pentagon and the US State Department from using funds appropriated by Congress to “blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise assert control” over the territory of a NATO member state.

The legislation from senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, and Republican senator Lisa Murkowski comes as lawmakers in both parties have expressed alarm over President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland after the US recently captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

Trump on Sunday said the US would have the Danish territory “one way or the other”.

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Financial Times: US Senate introduces bill to stop military from occupying NATO territories https://www.ft.com/content/c8b309a0-d214-4bb7-9630-bfcaa91925a3

Canadian Coast Guard to build a new maintenance facility in Sydney to service icebreakers

2026.01.13 /

Mike Kelloway, the Liberal MP for Sydney-Glace Bay, made the announcement on behalf of Defence Minister David McGuinty on Tuesday at the Canadian Coast Guard Academy.

The new facility will be “a next step towards continued strategic investments in Canada’s security and sovereignty in the Arctic,” Kelloway said before a crowd of about 200 coast guard officials, politicians and business and industry leaders.

“By strengthening our Arctic presence, we are protecting vital national interests and reinforcing Canada’s ability to respond to challenges in one of the most important regions for our future.”

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Tom Ayers, CBC: Coast guard selects Sydney harbour for icebreaker maintenance facility https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/coast-guard-selects-sydney-for-icebreaker-maintenance-9.7043609

Europe is entering a new state of alert in the face of US hostility

2026.01.13 /

Europe has entered a new state of alert in the face of US open hostility in areas that go beyond simple economic and technological competition and touch the deepest core of strategic and security issues.

A day after US military and civilian forces staged an illegal incursion into Venezuela, during which President Nicolás Maduro was kidnapped and captured and transported to New York City, Trump asserted that his country needs Greenland — an autonomous territory belonging to Denmark, a member of NATO.

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