CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Thursday, November 6, 2025
RCN community remains strong onboard HMCS Halifax By Lt(N) Stephanie Bengle, UPAR, HMCS Halifax Members of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) often describe their service as a community. Their members have opportunities to work with each other through different stages of their careers, frequently seeing their colleagues and friends surpass […]
On October 25, Navy Co-op students experienced Valour Canada’s Character of our Canadian Military History program, which encourages students to think critically about armed conflict, Canada’s role in the past and our country’s role in the future. Throughout the fall semester, Co-op students are exploring the CFB Halifax community as […]
FDU(A) members to run 50 km in support of Christmas Daddies By Lt(N) Éliane Trahan, PAO Members of Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) (FDU(A)) and their families will once again participate in their 37th Annual Christmas Daddies Navy Divers Run on Saturday, December 7, 2019, to collect money for children in […]
CISM athletes bring home six medals from Military World Games By Trident Staff, Canada’s CISM athletes have returned from ten days in Wuhan, China participating in the 7th Military World Games from October 18 to 27. The CAF sent 172 athletes, coaches and supporting staff to the event, with participation […]
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MS Peter Farah pays his respects with a salute during a Remembrance Day ceremony aboard HMCS Halifax on November 11, 2019.
HMCS Kootenay survivors mark 50 years since RCN’s deadliest peacetime incident By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The explosion that took place in HMCS Kootenay on October 23, 1969, killed nine sailors and injured 53 more, who suffered from burns and inhalation of toxic smoke. As Steve Rowland explains, however, the […]
On Wednesday October 23, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the explosion and fire aboard HMCS Kootenay was commemorated during a ceremony at the Bonaventure Anchor Memorial in Point Pleasant Park. The memorial commemorates sailors who died in service during peacetime, and 46 new names were added to the memorial during […]
Join the Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy as they present their annual ‘Til We Meet Again concert on November 9 at the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in the Paul O’Regan Hall on the ground floor of the […]
Training at DCTF Kootenay meant to prevent future tragedies Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Royal Canadian Navy’s Damage Control Training Facility (DCTF) Kootenay exists as a space for today’s sailors to train for potential emergencies at sea, as well as a living memorial to those who died serving in the […]
