Naval Museum of Halifax celebrates its volunteers By Jennifer Hevenor, Director, Naval Museum of Halifax and Jennifer Gamble, Curator, Naval Museum of Halifax National Volunteer Week 2019 runs from April 7 – 13, and is an opportunity to recognize the collective efforts of volunteers in our communities. The 2019 theme, […]
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NCdt wins silver with Team Canada
Naval Cadet brings silver medal home from once-in-a-lifetime hockey trip By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As she prepares for her first RCN posting later this spring, a Naval Cadet and hockey standout from Halifax recently found time to scratch an item off her list of life goals: to play with […]
Female leaders sail with HMCS St. John’s
Canadian Leaders at Sea on International Women’s Day By Samantha Steele, MARLANT PA Co-op Student March 8 marked International Women’s Day, and it was on this day that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Canadian Leaders at Sea (CLaS) program hosted 20 distinguished and accomplished women aboard HMCS St. John’s for […]
HMCS Toronto visits Turkey
Sailors onboard HMCS Toronto raise the jack staff prior to arrival at Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris, Turkey during Operation REASSURANCE, March 22, 2019.
Diving in the High Arctic
Diving in the High Arctic: Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 By Lt(N) Éliane Trahan, FDU(A) PAO Clearance Divers, Combat Divers and Port Inspection Divers from across Canada have participated in Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, from March 20 to April 1, 2019. They were diving in the glacial waters of […]
Hands across the water
The ship’s company from HMCS Yellowknife stores ship while at port in San Diego, California during Operation CARIBBE on March 22, 2019.
Elimination of racial discrimination
Immigrant and refugee issues highlighted as part of IDERD 2019 By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Many of the difficulties faced by newcomers to Canada can be significantly lessened if they have access to proper support as they transition to their new lives, a group from Formation Halifax heard during a […]
Into the icy depths
Two Canadian Armed Forces divers prepare to enter the arctic water during Operation NUNALIVUT in Tuktoyaktuk, NT on March 23, 2019.
Bataan Memorial Death March
Soldiering On at Bataan By M/Bdr (ret’d) Jeremy Blackburn, (ret’d Soldier On Program) Ten years ago, I had the good fortune of participating as a member of a five-member MARLANT Bataan Memorial Death March, Heavy Division, Co-Ed marching team. A team in which each member trained to carry 35 pounds […]
US Coast Guard cutter Seneca
United States Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) arrives in Halifax for a port visit at HMC Dockyard Halifax on March 15, 2019.