Communiqué de presse

Des résidents de Terre Neuve auraient observé le lundi 25 janvier en fin d‘après-midi des objets volants au large de la commune de Harbour Mille, N. L.

En réponse à certaines rumeurs de presse, nous confirmons qu’aucune activité militaire française ne s’est tenue au moment des faits dans la région de Terre-Neuve et de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.

Press release

On Monday January 25, in late afternoon, a number of residents of Newfoundland reported sightings of flying objects offshore of the town of Harbour Mille, N. L.

In response to reports circulating in the press, we confirm that no French military activity took place at the time of the incident in the region of Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

http://www.ambafrance-ca.org/spip.php?article3303

Ottawa Citizen – Mystery sighting has tongues wagging in Newfoundland – Harbour Mille residents spot missile-like projectile flying through sky

VOCM News Update

Report of mysterious object in sky over southern N.L.

“Fact is the 1992 arbitration does not apply to the continental shelf. If the Canadian judge claimed it was, the court in itself refused to address the issue as it was not part of its mandate. Read more: International Maritime Boundaries By Jonathan I. Charney, Lewis M. Alexander, page 2141″

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Part 2: Sharing the Shelf

Sometime in the next two weeks, France is expected to lay an official claim to a larger portion of the continental shelf off the east coast of Canada. The part of the shelf in question could turn out to be rich in oil and natural gas reserves. And that would be a boon to the 6,500 people who live on St. Pierre and Miquelon, two tiny islands — and French territories — off the south coast of Newfoundland. The fishing business there has gone bust. And the islands’ residents hope that an expanded territorial claim might result in an offshore oil boom. France has until May 13th to make a claim, or else it will lose the right to do so forever.

The CBC’s Marie Wadden prepared a documentary about the prelude to the dispute. It’s called Sharing The Shelf.

And for a look at how Canada might respond to a claim from France, we were joined by Don McRae. He is the Hyman Soloway Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. He’s also the author of Canadian Oceans Policy: National Strategies and the New Law of the Sea. He was in Ottawa.