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With new ships, Canada aims to be 'icebreaking superpower'
At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic. The other ...
February 6, 2026: Russia is having problems building new icebreaker ships because of the Ukraine War related economic sanctions. Despite the sanctions, Russia wants to build as many as 17 nuclear ...
December 17, 2025: Last year, the Ice Pact between the US, Canada and Finland led to contracts to build a lot more icebreakers. The United States is negotiating with Finland to buy 15 icebreakers.
Canadian workers are building powerful new icebreakers seen as crucial to cementing the country's presence in the ...
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