Susan Nicol

Author of Sagas & Sea Smoke.
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[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Anita Anand on opening Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk, Greenland: “As I was raising the Canadian flag, the crowd that had assembled there … broke into singing our national anthem. Not prompted, not because it was on the program, but because the moment called for the singing of our national anthem.”

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

A massive iceberg near the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. 🇨🇦

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

The United States is inaugurating a new and significantly larger consulate in Greenland today.

Until now, the United States has operated from a small house at the harbor in Nuuk, but on Thursday the new consulate — a three-story, 3,000-square-meter building in the center of the capital — officially opens.

Since 2020, the United States has used a house on the harbor loaned by the Arctic Command, but it is now moving into larger premises at a time of heightened tensions between Greenland and Denmark on one side and the United States on the other.

A demonstration against the opening has therefore been announced for Thursday, and Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen will not attend the official opening ceremony.

Protesters plan to bring banners and stand with their backs turned toward the consulate for two minutes as a sign of discontent with the United States.

When the American consulate reopened in Nuuk in 2020, several members of Naalakkersuisut — the Greenlandic government — took part in the event.

—Sermitsiaq

(📸 ©: Christian Klindt Sølbeck/Ritzau Scanpix)

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

DR (the Danish Broadcasting Corporation) has interviewed Cliff Stanley from Nevada, who over the past two days has attracted major attention in Nuuk after offering 200,000 dollars in exchange for support for making Greenland American.

He plans to remain in Nuuk until May 19, when the special U.S. envoy Jeff Landry — independently of Cliff’s trip — is planning a controversial visit to the Greenlandic capital.

And if it turns out that Greenlanders — contrary to his expectations — have no interest at all in becoming an American state, he says he already has a backup plan.

“I will do my best as a human being. To give them this, if they want it. And if they don’t want it, that’s okay. Then I’ll just go to Canada and see if they want to.”

—DR

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

The Bell Centre was more alive than Tampa’s arena and they weren’t even playing in front of them 🔥💪

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We want to be in the European Union. And I am confident that if some representatives of the EU do not make mistakes, we will be there. We are already strengthening the EU, first and foremost from a security perspective. And today, security is a priority for everyone.

A union that could be much stronger – I believe this would be a union of such countries as Norway, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Türkiye. These are four countries that the European Union is lacking. Because Türkiye and Ukraine together outmatch Russia’s army: from control of the Black Sea to control of airspace.

I know there are questions when it comes to Türkiye. I know that the United Kingdom has left the European Union. I know that Norway has many different forms of cooperation and economic ties with the EU, and so on. But I still believe that these four countries would make the EU the strongest union in the world, with the best security in the world.

We are not seeking an alternative. I simply believe that these four countries are very strong and would make the European Union stronger. And even these four countries on their own would certainly form a very strong union.

From an interview with the "United News" telethon (3/5).

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Royal Danish Air Force aircraft landed today at Qaqortoq’s (South Greenland 🇬🇱)new airport, which officially opened Thursday. The 1,500-meter runway was built by Canadian 🇨🇦 contractor Pennecon.

📸: Susanne Nielsen

[NATO @NATO]

🇨🇦 Two Canadian Ranger patrols - a reserve force drawn from Indigenous and northern communities - have completed one of their longest missions ever, travelling more than 4,500 km by snowmobile across Arctic terrain in some of the harshest conditions on Earth

[Emily Farina @EmilyFarina5]

I’m in Winnipeg’s Union Station, the most beautiful train station in Canada. It deserves much more than the meagre six VIA Rail departures per week.

[Brent Bellamy @brent_bellamy]

Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea: “if there are 100 good-looking buildings in Canada, 45 of them are in Winnipeg”.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Prime Minister Mark Carney jogging with The President of Finland Alexander Stubb in London. 🇨🇦🇫🇮🏃‍♂️

[Canada Strong 🇨🇦 🍁 @nglinan]

It's heartwarming to know that The Netherlands remember and appreciate our veterans and fallen soldiers in WWII by sending 20,000🌷every year to Canada.
https://t.co/3bk65jbz4o

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States — thank you for your support. Light will prevail.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Premier of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen posted the following on Facebook:

It will be a no thank you from here.

President Trump’s idea of sending an American hospital ship to Greenland has been noted. However, we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice — and a fundamental part of our society. That is not the case in the United States, where seeing a doctor comes at a cost.
💵💰

We are always open to dialogue and cooperation — including with the United States. But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media. 👍

Dialogue and cooperation require respect for the fact that decisions about our country are made here at home. 🇬🇱

(Photo of Jens-Frederik Nielsen with his Minister of Health)

[Verso Europa 🇪🇺 @VersoEuropa]

When Lindsey Graham called Mette Frederiksen “little lady,” that wasn’t strength. It was insecurity amplified.
When frustration turns into insults, it usually means leverage is fading.
Europe is strongest when it stands united, and Greenland’s future belongs to Greenlanders.
History is never kind to those who mistake arrogance for power.

[Katerina Horbunova @blue_eyedKeti]

…every time, there’s a lump in my throat. It’s hard to walk here. It feels like they are all looking straight at you. There are no strangers here. In the news, it’s just numbers and reports, but here-it’s specific people and their eyes. We all try to live 'in the here and now,' but do we actually know how to do that? Or are we just passing the time that was gifted to us...

We all call ourselves civilized, but in practice, some truly are, while others just pretend; they never learned how to solve problems with words. And we Ukrainians have to defend our right to life from those who have forgotten where their cave is. A life without war sounds like some kind of fantasy today. But that is exactly where we all want to be. Right now. Eternal glory to our defenders.

[Team Canada @TeamCanada]

Gold for Megan! ❤️
Team Canada’s first Olympic medal in women’s ski big air!🥇🇨🇦

[YEGWAVE @yegwave]

Video going viral shows the difference between the Canadian hockey team and American 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[St. Louis Blues @StLouisBlues]

PUTTING THE O IN O CANADA 🇨🇦