Canada's prime minister began a three-day trip to the Arctic on Wednesday in an effort to assert sovereignty over the region a week after Russia symbolically staked a claim to the North Pole by sending submarines.Although Stephen Harper's visit has been planned for months, it...

Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage _ a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory.Prime Minister Stephen Harper said six to eight patrol ships will guard what he...

Canada's prime minister announced plans Friday for an army training center and a deepwater port on the third day of an Arctic trip meant to assert sovereignty over a region, while Denmark said it was staking its own claim with a scientific expedition.The United States,...

It may be hard to believe, with brush fires raging in Los Angeles and record heat cutting a red swath across U.S. weather maps, but in the world of geopolitics, summer 2007 is experiencing a cold snap, as a flurry of international actors stake claim...

Hans Island, a small island off the coast of Greenland and Canada, is causing rather a big dispute on who owns it -- Canada, or Denmark. Why is this isolated island so important to Canada?

A tiny island off the northwest coast of Greenland, Hans Island, is at the center of a territory dispute between Canada and Denmark. Permanent habitation on the island is not possible, but the promise of mineral resources and fossil records on the island make it valuable to both countries.