Globe & Mail, Roy MacGregor Not much goes over Paul Heinbecker's head. On that bright September morning five years ago, however, one thing did that forever changed his and everyone else's world. "I was out jogging in Central Park," the former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations says, "and the first plane that hit the World Trade Center would have gone right along that trajectory." Heinbecker was in the shower when the second one hit and his telephone immediately rang.

Lee Berthiaume, Embassy Magazine Trade obsessions and 'hobbyist', 'cosmetic' diplomacy defined Canada before Sept. 11, 2001. Five years later, it's hard to tell what's really changed. What a Difference Five Years Can Make...or Not The day before terrorists hijacked four planes and flew them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a farmer's field in Pennsylvania, then-International Trade minister Pierre Pettigrew held a press conference at the Canadian embassy in Washington.

Los Angeles Times, Maggie Farley and Paul Richter. Prime minister instead pledges $11 billion to shore up military and border security. Washington, USA - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that his country would opt out of the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a move that is expected to please constituents at home but could further strain relations with Washington after Canada's opposition to the Iraq war.