CBC – Canada is sending a task force to aid relief efforts on the Gulf Coast???

???as did the Dutch and Mexican Navies: CBS – Gulf Coast Invaded???With Kindness.
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BBC – Canada is sending its navy back to the far northern Arctic port of Churchill after a 30-year absence.
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CBC – The first of four Canadian navy submarines has returned to sea, after they were all grounded in the wake of the deadly fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi last fall.
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Ottawa Citizen – Taxpayers could be shelling out up to $465 million for upgrades to Canada’s troubled second-hand submarines while navy officers hope to start receiving seed money in a few years for a new underwater fleet.
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Canadian Press – The renewed investigation into the fatal fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi has been put off until next month while the submarine’s captain and two officers seek legal advice.
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Canadian Press – Canada’s navy is operating at tens of millions of dollars in the red and has been for years, inhibiting its role off Canada’s coasts and elsewhere, its chief told a Senate committee on Monday.
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Canadian Press – A report documenting serious training deficiencies in Canada’s submarine force.
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New Yorker – Seymour Hersch says the U.S. has special operations forces in Iran determining the locations of their nuclear weapons program; and he reveals the Pentagon’s plans for Iranóand for expanded covert activities.
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Canadian Press – Three months after making its ill-fated departure from Scotland, the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi was again on its way Thursday, bound for Canada. This time, however, the sub has been welded to the deck of a sealift transport for the voyage to Halifax.
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SeaPower – Canadaís Navy is in the midst of a post-9/11 push to better secure the worldís longest coastline and ensure it is pulling its weight in monitoring the continentís maritime frontiers.

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National Post – Concerned about a growing backlog in training and the potential that shore-bound submariners might leave the navy, the Canadian military is pushing to get its underwater fleet back to sea early in the new year.
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Ottawa Citizen – The fire on board a Canadian submarine that killed one of its crew was a result of human error.
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BBC – Canada has temporarily withdrawn from service three of its second-hand UK-built submarines following last week’s fatal blaze on a fourth vessel.
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BBC – Two separate fires broke out on a Canadian submarine days after it was handed over by the Ministry of Defence.
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BBC – The commander of a fire-hit Canadian submarine has broken down as he paid tribute to a crewman who died on board.
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Daily Telegraph – The crew of the Canadian submarine at the centre of an international rescue operation in the mid-Atlantic finally reached dry land amid emotional scenes last night.

More from The Times – Canadian sub had history of electrical faults.
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BBC – The stricken Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is being towed back to the Scottish coast, three days after a fire knocked out its power.

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BBC – A rescue operation to retrieve a Canadian submarine adrift off Ireland’s west coast is under way.

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BBC – A crewman has died after he was injured aboard the stricken Canadian submarine drifting in the Atlantic after a fire.

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BBC – Yet another problem with the Victoria-class submarines. Nine crew members were injured in a fire on board the HMCS Chicoutimi. High winds and heavy seas are hampering efforts to rescue a Canadian submarine drifting without power 100 kilometres off the north-west coast of Ireland.

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Canadian Press – The Canadian navy has taken possession of its fourth and final Victoria-class submarine from the British navy. However, the process of equipping the boat with Canadian torpedo and fire-control systems will be delayed, as the navy’s behind-schedule submarine program struggles to get up to speed.
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New York Times – Canada is exercising this year in the Arctic, to enforce its sovereignty claims there.
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Halifax Herald – More on Canada’s proposed new patrol vessels.
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Times Colonist – HMCS Toronto returns from the Gulf where it was part of the USS George Washington battlegroup.

Meanwhile, the Canadian navy will sit out the war on terrorism for one year in an effort to give exhausted sailors a chance to recuperate. More at the Sun Ottawa.
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Ottawa Citizen – The Canadian navy is looking at a new type of ship that could be used for sovereignty and security missions in coastal waters and potentially go to sea with mixed military and civilian crews.
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