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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran …
Read More »Canada to pick between Swedish and U.S. radar planes to protect its skies
The primary military threat facing Canada comes from hypersonic or cruise missiles arriving from the north, the sea or even space, launched by adversaries such as Russia or China, according to the Canadian Armed Forces. To defend itself, the government of Canada wants to acquire half a dozen new “flying …
Read More »Looming military radar project creates deep anxiety for rural Ontario community
Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. For Rachel Brooks and her family, life was good on their 40-hectare farm, about 130 kilometres north of Toronto, until an expected letter arrived from the Department …
Read More »Newark air traffic controllers briefly lose radar for 2nd time in 2 weeks
Aviation experts say ongoing problems at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport are a sign of an antiquated U.S. system and could become more widespread, but that Canadian airports aren’t facing the same systemic issues. The air traffic controllers directing planes into the airport in Newark, N.J., lost their radar Friday …
Read More »WHO marks 5 years since COVID-19 came on its radar — it became the worst pandemic in a century
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization first learned about what ended up becoming the worst pandemic in over a century. That day, WHO’s office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of what it called “viral pneumonia.” …
Read More »Montana airspace reopened by U.S. FAA after radar anomaly prompts brief shutdown – National
The U.S. military said late on Saturday a radar anomaly prompted the temporary closure of airspace to civilian airplanes in Montana but no threatening object was detected. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent fighter aircraft to investigate but the aircraft “did not identify any object to correlate to …
Read More »Chisasibi moves forward with a radar search of former Fort George, Que., residential school sites
George E. Pachano, left, and his wife, Marie Louise Chakapash Pachano, right, with five-year-old Avaya, in front of a cross that marks the site of the last Anglican residential school on Fort George Island, located near present day Chisasibi. After extensive consultations with survivors and experts, officials here are moving …
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