CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The annual HFX Wanderers FC DND Appreciation Match took place on May 30, with a raucous crowd treated to a 1-0 Wanderers win in stoppage time over Vancouver FC. The day came with a Defence team takeover of the Wanderers Grounds — The Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy and a […]
Vice-Admiral Topshee to be the next Vice Chief of the Defence Staff By DND Vice-Admiral (VAdm) Angus Topshee has been appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff following his tenure as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), during a period marked by modernization, evolving global security challenges and sustained […]
Sailors help drive food bank expansion in Porters Lake By Trident Staff A group of Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors has played a key role in helping bring a major expansion project to life at the Marine Communities Food Bank (MCFB) in Porters Lake, supporting an effort that will soon allow the organization to […]
Strategic sail arrives in Latvia to resupply Operation REASSURANCE and the NATO Multinational Brigade By Captain Wyatt Shorter, Deputy PAO Task Force Latvia The strategic logistics resupply by sea is one of the largest annual logistics efforts supporting Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations abroad. Otherwise known as a “sail”, this iteration delivered approximately 950,000 kilograms of new […]
‘Valiant ship’ HMCS Sackville receives ceremonial recommissioning By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Sackville, Canada’s Naval Memorial and the last surviving Flower-class corvette, was ceremonially re-commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at its summer home at Sackville Landing on the morning of May 15. The event honoured the ship’s wartime service, […]
Republic of Korea Navy Arrives at CFB Esquimalt By Archana Cini, The Lookout After nearly two months spent crossing the Pacific Ocean, the longest submarine voyage in South Korean history has officially brought two allied navies together in Esquimalt. On May 23, visiting vessels and naval personnel aboard ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, […]
Community support helps DND Family Days set sail By Trident Staff Ahoy, mateys! DND Family Days is once again returning to His Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard Halifax on June 12 and 13 with this year’s nautical-themed celebration, Seas the Day. Made possible through the continued support of sponsors and community partners, the annual […]
DND Family Days returns to His Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard in Halifax on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13, bringing two days of excitement, connection, and community celebration for Canadian Armed Forces members, their families, and the wider Defence Team. A tradition in Halifax for nearly three decades, Family Days continues to evolve. This year, visitors […]
High-stakes scenario, wide-scale cooperation: VITAL ARCHER 2026 By DND Training for critical national security threats we hope never happen; that’s what Exercise VITAL ARCHER is intended for. Beginning in 2013 as a tactical exercise between the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) and U.S. military counterparts, it has since evolved to reinforce […]
Sailors about MV Asterix enjoy a yoga session led by Personnel Support Programs (PSP) while sailing in the Western Pacific Ocean as part of Operation HORIZON on April 21. Asterix is in the region supporting HMCS Charlottetown and allies.
