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Harper's target practice session in Nunavut

Harper fires Lee Enfield Rifle
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shoots a .303 Lee-Enfield rifle while taking part in a demonstration by the Canadian Rangers at a camp near the Arctic community of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Wednesday. Harper is on the third day of his annual tour of Northern Canada.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the midst of his annual northern tour. Here’s some of the scenes shot by Reuters Continue reading Harper's target practice session in Nunavut

Google goes north — waaay north

Google Street View Team in Cambridge Bay
Canadian Googler Mike Pegg peddling the Google bike through Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (Google handout)

I think this is terrific. While Google has sent those little Google cars with the camera balls attached to the roof to photograph the streets capes of most of urban North America, it’s just now getting around to collecting the visual data to do Street View for Canada’s north. Google “cars” aren’t practical north of 60 where the only way you get vehicles in and out is by barge and so Google has shipped Google bikes by air equipped with the camera balls. Great idea.  Continue reading Google goes north — waaay north