Canada's north Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:26:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Canada's north Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Rescue Drill Turned Real In Canada’s North https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/09/05/rescue-drill-turns-real-in-canadas-north/ Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:57:15 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=3138 Four hundred members of the Canadian military were in Nunavut recently for a search-and-rescue exercise called “Operation Nanook.”

That’s when troops practice rescuing pretend air-crash victims just in case it ever happens.

The soldiers were to perform the exercise for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

However, the mock exercise was cancelled when there was a real plane crash nearby. The team raced out to help the victims.

The soldiers knew it was real when someone said, “NODUF,” which is slang for “this is not a drill.”

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