globeandmail.com: Canada to widen Arctic patrols, PM says
Canada is expanding by half a million square kilometres the amount of Arctic Ocean it will consider to be Canadian territory for the purpose of policing pollution violations, and will make it mandatory for all ships entering its polar waters to report...

The Associated Press: Canada to map resources in Arctic for development
Harper said field workers and specialized aircraft will use state-of-the-art science and technology to search for mineral and energy potential across the Canadian Arctic. He said the information will be used to create geological models and subterranean...

James Joyce and Me
Today, in my hometown of Dublin, hundreds of people gather to celebrate Bloomsday, the annual event dedicated to the lead character in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Bloomsday re-enacts the epic journey through the capital undertaken by Leopold Bloom on June...