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Building Canada’s Northern Shield: Aecon Partnership Advances Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar Program

Canada’s effort to modernize its continental defence architecture is taking another step forward. A newly confirmed partnership involving Aecon Group Inc . , Pomerleau , and Stantec has executed an agreement to deliver the first stage of the Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar (A-OTHR) Program in Ontario—an initiative designed to strengthen the early-warning capabilities that protect North America’s northern approaches. Announced in Toronto on March 4, 2026, the agreement with Defence Construction Canada marks a significant milestone in the implementation of one of Canada’s most important defence infrastructure programs. The project forms part of the modernization of the North American Aerospace Defense Command early-warning architecture and the renewal of Canada’s North Warning System . A Collaborative Delivery Model The project will be delivered through a collaborative Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model designed to bring government and industry partners together in a highly co...
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Sideline Conversions 9 March (some rugby news and information to start the week)

The first weekend of pre-season is under the hood, here’s much of what is happening this coming Saturday. Hutt Old Boys Marist v Pōneke v Napier Pirate (Game of Three Halves), NZCIS Petone v Marist St Pat’s, North Park Tawa v Oriental-Rongotai, Lyndhurst Park Varsity Rams, v Old Boys University Goats, Massey #4 Feilding Yellows...
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Lebanese Ministry of Culture Urges UNESCO to Grant Enhanced Protections to Cultural Property

Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture has appealed to UNESCO to provide additional protection for the nation’s cultural heritage as the U.S.–Israel–Iran conflict spills into its southern borders. According to a ministry statement on Wednesday, Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé spoke by phone with Khaled El-Enany, director-general of UNESCO, urging the United Nations agency to intervene on Lebanon’s behalf. The minister reportedly told El-Enany: “In light of the current security situation in Lebanon and in the region, [we ask you] to intervene with neighboring states or belligerent parties to remind them of the need to take all preventive measures, during this armed conflict with Lebanon, to protect and preserve Lebanese cultural heritage and refrain from targeting it.” Ghassan Salamé directly appealed for greater protection of the National Museum of Beirut, a repository of thousands of years of Mediterranean history, as well as Lebanon’s archaeological and historical sites, including Baalbek...
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Hexagon | NovAtel Sets a New Benchmark for Assured GNSS in Airborne Missions

As modern conflicts evolve, so too does the battle for the electromagnetic spectrum. Satellite-based navigation—long considered a reliable backbone for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)—is increasingly under threat from sophisticated jamming technologies that are becoming both more powerful and more accessible. In response to this rapidly changing operational landscape, Hexagon | NovAtel has introduced a new solution designed to ensure mission resilience in contested environments. The Calgary-based technology leader has launched the GAJT-AE3 , the latest addition to its trusted GNSS Anti-jam Antenna Technology (GAJT) portfolio, bringing advanced protection to airborne platforms that rely on uninterrupted satellite navigation. The announcement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of assured PNT capabilities, particularly as defence and aerospace operators confront an increasingly complex spectrum environment. A Growing Challenge in the GNSS Domain Global Navigati...
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Where Did the IMLS’s Funding for Museums and Libraries Go? Into Trump’s ‘Freedom Truck’ Road Show, It Seems 

Have you always wished that you could visit a museum devoted to U.S. history, like maybe the one at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., but wished that rather than a brick-and-mortar museum in the nation’s capital, it could be on a tractor trailer in, say, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, or Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania? Well, the Trump administration is making those dreams come true with a fleet of six “Freedom Trucks”—mobile museums that will travel the nation throughout 2026, marking 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On display are artifacts like a draft of the Declaration of Independence, the Aitken Bible (“the first complete Bible published in an independent America,” per the Library of Congress ), a musket used by the British Army known as the Brown Bess, and a pair of George Washington’s spectacles.  The rolling museums are part of the “Freedom 250” initiative, a self-described non-partisan organization leading the semiquincentennial celeb...
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$7.6 M. Grant from William Penn Foundation Will Support Low-Income and Disabled Museum-Goers in Philadelphia

Earlier this week, the William Penn Foundation announced a slew of grants, totally $7.6 million, that will support access to museums for low-income families and people with disabilities. The grants apply to six specific organizations based on the number of ACCESS visitors each received during the 2024-25 fiscal year. (The ACCESS card allows people who receive public assistance or identify as having a disability to receive heavily discounted tickets to participating cultural institutions, of which there are nearly 100 in the Philadelphia area.) The following organizations will receive funds from the William Penn Foundation: The Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, the Morris Arboretum and Gardens, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Zoo, and the Please Touch Museum. Art-Reach, the organization that administers the ACCESS program, also received financial support as part of this series of grants. John Orr, executive director of Art-Reach, said in a statem...
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Club Rugby Highlights Series: First Phase Finishes

Celebrating community rugby 2016-25 in highlights. Over the break, Club Rugby collated and sorted all our video clip highlights that were recorded and saved in the decade between the 2016-2025 seasons. As we continue add to these clips to our library, it is intended that they will all be posted online – but this is...
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