RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, 18 March, 2009 Live-fire range exercise in Resolute Bay Canadian Ranger Gary Kalluk (foreground) fires the C9 Light Machine Gun during a live-fire range exercise in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Canadian Rangers are issued Lee Enfield .303 rifles, and were firing weapons supplied to the Winter Warfare Advanced course, who were conducting a live-fire small-arms shoot outside Resolute Bay, Nunavut. The Canadian Forces have been conducting their Winter Warfare Advanced Course (WWAC) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The High Arctic phase is being conducted in Resolute Bay, NU, from March 3rd to March 21st, 2009. The aim of this training is to hone CF members' skills while operating in an arctic environment and demonstrate proficiency in fieldcraft, equipment operation, safety standards, survival techniques, and navigation. Developing these skills ensures that the WWAC will produce military specialists capable of advising commanders on the organization and execution of northern sovereignty operations. A key element of this training focuses on working in close coordination and benefitting from the knowledge of the people of Canada's North. Canadian Forces Image Number IS2009-2026 By MCpl Kevin Paul with Canadian Forces Combat Camera ___________________________________Traduction RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, Le 18 mars 2009 Exercice de tir reel a Resolute Bay, A l’avant-plan, le Ranger canadien Gary Kalluk tire une mitrailleuse legere C9 au cours d’un exercice de tir reel a Resolute Bay au Nunavut. Normalement, les Rangers canadiens sont munis de carabines Lee Enfield de calibre .303. Cette fois-ci ils ont tire des armes legeres utilisees par le cours de guerre en hiver, niveau avance qui tenait un exercice de tir d’armes legeres pres de Resolute Bay au Nunavut. Les Forces canadiennes ont tenu la Formation de guerre en hiver, niveau avance (FGHNA) dans les Territoires du Nord Ouest et le Nunavut. La phase Grand Nord se poursuit a Resolute Bay, NU, du 3 au 21 mars 2009. Le but de cette formation est d’aiguiser les competences des membres des FC en vue des operations dans un environnement arctique et demontrer leurs competences en techniques de campagne, l’utilisation des equipements, les normes de securite, les techniques de survie et la navigation topographique. Le developpement de ces competences assure que le FGHNA produira des specialistes militaires qui seront en mesure de conseiller les commandants sur l’organisation et l’execution des operations de souverainete nordique. Un element cle des cette formation se concentre sur le travail en coordination rapprochee avec les autochtones du Grand Nord et de profiter de leurs connaissances approfondies de leur milieu. Image des Forces canadiennes numero IS2009-2026 Phar le Cplc Kevin Paul avec Camera de combat des Forces canadiennes

NWF ridealong.2.rm.031309 Northwest Fire District firefighters run through a training exercise in the wildland operations center off Curtis Road. The wildland equipment and personnel will be moving into the district’s old Station 33 location just south of Thornydale and Magee roads.