Joggers run on the Dettah ice road in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with a local woman on the Dettah ice road in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson at the legislature in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during an announcement to defend and transform Canada's Northern and Arctic regions in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canadian Rangers wait for Prime Minister Mark Carney to make an announcement to defend and transform Canada's Northern and Arctic regions in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday the government is putting an additional $32 billion into military forward operating locations in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Iqaluit and Deployed Operating Base 5 Wing in Goose Bay, N.L.
The prime minister made the announcement in Yellowknife on Thursday before taking off for a planned visit to Norway.
The $32 billion is part of Canada’s 2022 commitment to Norad's modernization, which at the time included plans to spend $38.6 billion over 20 years. The Norad spending includes the purchase of two over-the-horizon radar modules.
The new funding for base infrastructure includes plans to improve airfields and to build or repurpose hangars, ammunition compounds, fuel facilities and housing.
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