NORAD Expansion Possible

TIM HARPER WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON — It was a week of telephone snubs, postponed trips, tough talk on trade and corridor whispers of poisoned personal relations. But well below the headlines on the latest bilateral chill, anonymous officials in Ottawa and Washington continued toiling on an agreement that could actually extend Canada-U.S. collaboration on continental defence. Ignoring the high-level bile, they took the first steps toward a renewed continental defence agreement that goes well beyond a ballistic missile shield and its political fallout. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109976610599&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes