CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Royal Navy brings new aircraft carrier to Halifax ahead of F-35 trials By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Royal Navy’s newest and largest-ever class of aircraft carrier visited Canada for the first time from September 13-16, with HMS Queen Elizabeth dropping anchor in Halifax harbour near George’s Island. The first […]
Junior sailor plots course for success By Peter Mallett, The Lookout Staff Heidi Maier,13, says she has been swept away by the power of sailing. The Grade 8 student has found competitive success harnessing the wind, and a healthy activity, during eight years with the Canadian Forces Sailing Association (CFSA) […]
HMCS St. John’s concludes 24th year of Run the Rock By LS Shauna Houston, HMCS St. John’s Aligned with the RCN’s vision, Ready to Help, HMCS St. John’s continued the tradition of Run the Rock for its 24th year. This is an annual fundraising campaign by the ship’s company in […]
HMCS Kingston completes Op NANOOK By Canadian Armed Forces, Op NANOOK, Canada’s annual northern sovereignty operation, came to another successful conclusion on September 13. This operation is conducted in communities and locations across Canada’s Arctic including Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and the Northwest Passage. This year’s operation included the CAF, […]
Military personnel help with cleanup after Hurricane Dorian By Trident Staff Through Op LENTUS 19-04, military personnel from Joint Task Force Atlantic stepped in to help with the community cleanup following the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Atlantic region on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Hurricane Dorian was […]
MV Asterix to participate during DEFSEC Atlantic 2019 By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff One of Canada’s largest defence trade shows is returning to the Halifax waterfront for 2019, and the Royal Canadian Navy’s interim supply ship will be alongside and part of the action. MV Asterix will be tied up […]
NDWCC 2019: Let’s Be the Change By Capt(N) D.E. Mazur, CFB Halifax Base Commander, 2019 MARLANT NDWCC Champion Most, if not all of us, have experienced a time during which colleagues, friends or family members have found themselves in need. Members of the CAF retire, and sometimes have to fight […]
CUTLASS FURY 19 goes forward after storm cancels public events By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Communities across Nova Scotia were impacted when the destructive post-tropical storm Dorian made landfall on September 7, and the CAF community was no exception. The storm came at a particularly inopportune time for Maritime Forces […]
HMCS Fredericton sailors pass feats of strength to grant nine-year-old boy’s wish By RCN, In eight days, they biked 1,000 km, marched in parades and even pulled a fire engine with their bare hands. Then, the sailors of HMCS Fredericton granted a little boy his wish — playtime outside. Noah […]
What good is a CAF Chaplain? By Major Derrick Marshall, Senior Fleet Chaplain In these days of mixed, varied and increasingly diverse religious and spiritual outlooks in Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), especially now (when regular and active religious participation appears to be in decline), it might make […]
