Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.04.2013, Blaðsíða 1

LÖGBERG
HEIMSKRINGLA
The Icelandic Community Newspaper • 15 April 2013 • Number 8 / Númer 8 • 15. apríl 2013
Publication Mail Agreement No. 40012014
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia commons
Indecent
exposure
What could possibly be
indecent about an Icelander?
/ page 11
A great
photographer
Meet Rúnolfur Hauksson, a
great photographer of Iceland
and auroras / page 10
INSIDE
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Photo: © rúnolfur hauksson
August 2, 2013
Links at the Lake Golf Course
Gimli, MB
Register online at
www.lh-inc.ca
or by phone 1-866-564-2374In Support of Lögberg-Heimskringla
“For more than thirty years, film editor Lara Borgford Mazur has been weaving stories together –
sometimes straw into gold – and bringing out
the best in writers, directors and filmmakers
who rely on her editing skills, artistry and
honest assessments. She is an artist who has
embraced one technology after another –
keeping performance and story in balance with
imagery and the magic of the medium.
She perceives what the audience will
perceive and nurtures the connection between
film and its viewers. Always in demand she
works constantly, right across the country.
Truly a national treasure, she plays a role that
few understand or appreciate. Those, who
are fortunate to work with her, cannot wait to
work with her again, for they know that only
the best will emerge from the material, as she
is a true collaborator.” Those are the words of
Anne Wheeler, well-known director, producer
and screenwriter who nominated Lara for the
Artistic Achievement Award at the Spotlight
Awards of the Vancouver International Women
in Film held on March 7, 2013.
Lara cut her teeth at the highly-regarded
Winnipeg Film Group before moving to
Vancouver in 1989. Initially she tried her
hand at directing, but as she puts it, “What
I liked most of all about it was the magic of
the editing room ... It’s my favourite part of
the filmmaking process. It’s where you get to
recreate the story.”
... continued on page 4
Karen Botting
Winnipeg, MB
Photo: Wendy d PhotograPhy
In mid-March a contingent of the RCAF based out of Bagotville QC under the designation of Task force Iceland began
their “peacetime preparedness mission”
on behalf of NATO which provides air
surveillance and interception capabilities
for Iceland. The 425 Squadron will be “on
guard” at the Keflavík air base until the end
of April.
425 Tactical Fighter Squadron based
at Bagotville, out of northern Quebec, has
supplied 6 CF-18 Hornets and about 160
support personnel to provide 24-hour air
surveillance over Iceland, a country that
has not one soldier nor one military pilot
on its payroll. Iceland is unique in that
they have no standing military force and
are known for their neutrality. “Canada, a
close partner with Iceland and a leading
member of NATO, is committed to doing
its part to help protect the integrity of
NATO’s airspace.” Defence Minister Peter
MacKay further stated that “Canada’s fleet
of fighter aircraft and our personnel are
ideally suited for this operation, which also
contributes to the security of Canada by
helping to monitor and control the northeast
air approaches to North America.”
Keflavík Base was originally built by
the US during WWII and in 1951 the US
military provided an “Icelandic Defense
Force” of as many as 1000 personnel
stationed at “Naval Air Station Keflavik”
to provide security during the period
known as the Cold War until 2008. Since
then air surveillance has been conducted by
rotating NATO crews with the ‘peacetime
preparedness missions “ to accustom them
to flying aroung Iceland so “if required by
real world events” they can get a “policing
mission” in the air at “the shortest possible
notice,” according to the NATO website.
Elva Jónasson
Winnipeg, MB
Canada Stands “On Guard” for Iceland
Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
honours Lara Mazur
Two viewpoints on Icelandic
horses as seen by a Canadian
and as seen by an American /
pages 2 and 6
Photo courtesy of steingrimur steinolfson
Icelandic
horses