Mooseheads mark RCAF Centennial during DND Appreciation Night By Virginia Beaton Wearing jerseys featuring the logo of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Centennial, the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League hosted a DND Appreciation Night game on Saturday, January 20. More than 9,000 audience members attended […]

H&R MFRC Community Pantry Expands to Shearwater By Don MacGillivray, H&R MFRC As food insecurity continues to rise across Canada, your MFRC is stepping in to lessen the impact on military and veteran families. This service is aimed at supporting families who are experiencing financial stress or hardship, as well […]

New and improved Wi-Fi now available at Tribute Tower and Juno Tower By Kathryn Gatien, CFB Halifax Public Affairs There are many projects taking place in facilities across Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax right now including some that – despite their significance – are practically invisible! One such project is […]

RCAF Centennial: Soaring into the Next Century By the RCAF 2024 Centennial team As the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) celebrates its Centennial this year, prepare for an exciting journey through a century of aviation excellence. The year will be studded with outstanding national, international, and local celebrations by Squadrons […]

RCN Digital Leadership Series: Sgt (ret’d) Jean-Michel Gagnon, CD In this series, we showcase digital leadership across the RCN to illustrate how our enterprise solutions are successfully leveraged for the benefit of our teams. In an appealing career transition, Sergeant (Retired) Jean-Michel “JM” Gagnon, a distinguished veteran with 15 years […]

From Frigate to AOPV: Cdr Nicholson takes command of HMCS Harry DeWolf By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff After relinquishing command of His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) St. John’s on January 16, Commander Jon Nicholson had about 24 hours to decompress before stepping right into his next command, leading the ship’s […]

Face of Base: Kate Chaput By CFB Halifax We are thrilled to introduce our first Face of Base Halifax of 2024: Kate Chaput! Kate works as a Budget Administrator in the Base Comptroller section. In this role she is responsible for reporting Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax’s allocation of funds, […]

Canada leads the way in building better fitting respirators By Peter Mallet, The Lookout A made-in-Canada invention is poised to make respirators used in Basic Military Qualification (BMQ) training more inclusive for all Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.  The final testing phase for the C5B respirator occurred at CFB Esquimalt’s […]

New Year’s Fitness Challenge runs until February 22 By PSP Halifax Have you been looking to get in better shape, improve your overall health, or just get moving? Whatever your fitness goals, the Forces in Training New Year’s Fitness Challenge is the perfect way to give yourself a head start. […]

Grand opening for new Stadacona Fitness and Sports Centre By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff CFB Halifax members now have a new fully-equipped gym facility available to them, with the opening of the Stadacona Fitness and Sports Centre taking place on January 8. Located next to the site that previously housed […]