{"id":90296,"date":"2025-03-10T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=90296"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:33:03","slug":"norad-exercises-begin-this-week-in-iqaluit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/norad-exercises-begin-this-week-in-iqaluit\/","title":{"rendered":"NORAD exercises begin this week in Iqaluit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kira Wronska Dorward, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News If you see some extra action happening around Iqaluit in the coming days, there&#8217;s a good reason for that. North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) announced on March 4 that an \u00a0&#8220;increased military presence&#8221; would be seen at its forward operating \u00a0location (FOL) around the city&#8217;s airport starting on that day. 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North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) announced on March 4 that an \u00a0&#8220;increased military presence&#8221; would be seen at its forward operating \u00a0location (FOL) around the city&#8217;s airport starting on that day. That was \u00a0followed by a joint release from the GN and Nunavut Tunngavik \u00a0Incorporated (NTI) on the same issue. FOLs are used to support NORAD and Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) missions, operations and exercises. 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