The Canadian flag flutters in the breeze during a Burlington Minor Football Association game between the Argonauts and Ti Cats on Sept 24 2012. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) #football #fridaynightlights #burlington #ticats #Argonauts #canada #night (Taken with Instagram)

Team Canada soccer captain and Olympic bronze medallist, Christine Sinclair, signs autographs for fans after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Monday, August 13, 2012. (Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail) #london2012 #olympics #soccer #photojournalism #canada (Taken with Instagram)

Canada’s Christine Sinclair celebrates with teamamte Melissa Tancredi after their win over France in the women’s bronze medal soccer match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Coventry, England, Thursday August 9, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) #olympics #london2012 #soccer #canada (Taken with Instagram)

Canada’s Carol Huynh (blue) defeats Senegal’s Isabelle Sambou (red) to win the bronze medal in the women’s freestyle 48 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, Wednesday August 8, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) #london2012 #olympics #soccer #canada #photojournalism (Taken with Instagram)

Canada’s women’s soccer team reacts after losing a heartbreaking loss to USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Manchester, England, Sunday August 5, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) #london2012 #olympics #soccer #canada (Taken with Instagram)

Canadian athletes enter the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England Friday, July 27, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) #london2012 #olympics #canada #photojournalism (Taken with Instagram)

Simon Whitfield leads the Canadian athletes into the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England Friday, July 27, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) #olympics #london2012 #canada #flag#photojournalism

A nifty graphic on The Science of Stopping a Bullet to go with today’s Globe and Mail story on the RCMP’s delay in issuing body armour that can withstand rifle rounds. Writes Julian Sher:

“More than six years after the shooting deaths of four RCMP officers in Mayerthorpe, Alta., stunned a nation and sparked calls for better police protection, the force has not managed to get the hard body armour that can stop long-gun ammunition to most of its front-line officers.

“Nine of the 14 RCMP officers slain by weapons fire in recent years – including the four who died in one of the deadliest chapters in the force’s history – were killed with rifles or shotguns, which are at least three times more powerful than pistols.”

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Canada’s new slick, cleaner, synthetic banknotes will be nearly impossible to fake

In the graphic above the printing process is explained, click here for more on the notes, including videos and security features.

The trials of Nunavut: Lament for an arctic nation
It is Canada’s largest and most desolate region. It is also the most dangerous. Nunavut is struggling to cope with a violent crime rate that is more than nine times the national average. And the problem is getting worse.

(Source: tgam.ca)