2018 CAF Sports Awards Ceremony By CFMWS On October 18, Canadian Morale and Welfare Services hosted the 30th Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Sports Awards Ceremony at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, honouring the best CAF athletes, coaches, officials and teams of the year. In addition to honouring the best […]
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New Office of Disability Management
HR-Civ celebrates new Office of Disability Management By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The opening of a new Office of Disability Management (ODM) at CFB Halifax is being celebrated as a major step towards the development of a new Total Health and Wellness Strategy for civilian members of the defence team. […]
Kootenay explosion commemoration
Kootenay survivors mark 49 years since peacetime tragedy at sea By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Steve Rowland was only 18 years in old, in the first year of his naval career, when he was posted to HMCS Kootenay in May of 1968. He recalled meeting up with a few sailors […]
CANEX and SISIP give back to CFB Halifax
Representatives from CANEX and SISIP presented CFB Halifax Base Commander Capt(N) David Mazur (second left) with a Base/Wing Unit Grant Cheque for $186,573 during a formal presentation ceremony and celebration at CANEX Stadacona on November 1. This was the fourth annual cheque presentation of its kind, representing the organizations’ continued […]
Office of Disability Management grand opening
Ribbon cut for new Office of Disability Management at CFB Halifax By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The opening of a new Office of Disability Management (ODM) at CFB Halifax is being celebrated as a major step towards the development of a new Total Health and Wellness Strategy for civilian members […]
NHL insider visits CFB Halifax
Sportsnet analyst impressed by Formation Halifax athletes By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As a former NHL head coach and general manager, and now as a hockey analyst with Sportsnet, Doug MacLean has seen it all through his 30+ year hockey career. But despite that experience at the pro level, the […]
Vimy Oak planted at Camp Hill
Vimy oak sapling planted at Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Garden By Virginia Beaton, Trident Staff A bit of Vimy Ridge is now part of the Veterans Memorial Garden at Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital. Richard Ratcliffe, a Royal Canadian Navy veteran who served in HMCS Nootka during the Korean War, […]
Stadacona Band headed to Belgium
Stadacona Band ready to mark armistice centenary in Belgium By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces Atlantic is often called on to represent Canada at special events and commemorations at home and abroad, but few have carried the importance that comes with the band’s next tasking. […]
Saying goodbye to STADPLEX
Saying goodbye to a piece of Navy history By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy had a much larger footprint in Halifax than it does today, and with tens of thousands of young men signing up to serve […]
Asterix making friends at sea
MV Asterix making friends at sea, says Federal Fleet CEO By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff MV Asterix, the Royal Canadian Navy’s interim supply ship, has been in service supporting RCN ship for less than a year, but is already proving itself worthy of the role, according to the CEO of […]
