June is Recreation Month: PLAY, your way By Noel Paine, Communications Advisor, Corporate Services Division, CFMWS Every Saturday morning the Dow family strap on their helmets and go for a bike ride. For five-year-old Kaylee and six-year-old Nathan the fun is all in the race against dad to the next […]
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PSP Tactical Athlete Program
PSP focuses on operational fitness with Tactical Athlete program By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff PSP Fitness and Sports staff have a unique challenge in offering fitness programs tailored toward CAF members. Classes need to be focused on the operational demands that come with a military career, while also being accessible […]
Maritime Defence Pride Network
Maritime Defence Pride Network Launches at CFB Halifax By 2LT Nicolas Plourde-Fleury, OJT, CFB Halifax Public Affairs On April 25, 2019, CFB Halifax’s Base Chief, CPO1 Gregory, was in a Carling Campus boardroom in Ottawa meeting with DND and CAF colleagues from across the country. The group was holding an […]
Dental officer readies for next step
Dental Officer readies for next step in CAF career By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff For the past eight years, 2Lt Daniel Shirvani has been hard at work at Dalhousie University, first completing his undergraduate degree, and then moving on to the school’s prestigious Doctor of Dental Surgery program. Now, that […]
Wound Stripe for HMCS Kootenay survivor
Survivor shares memories of ‘horrific’ Kootenay explosion By Peter Mallett, The Lookout Staff Writer As the 50th anniversary of the fire and explosion in HMCS Kootenay approaches this fall, one of its survivors has finally been honoured with a Wound Stripe, a distinction worn on the sleeve of military members […]
Win great prizes at DND Family Days
Win great prizes at DND Family Days By Trident Staff The daily prize draws are always a highlight at DND Family Days, and this year will be no different. The PSP Halifax Corporate Sponsorship team works hard to make these draws a big event, with a variety of prizes to […]
Admiralty House as a naval hospital
The Massachusetts-Halifax Relief Commission Public Health Unit By Lisa McNiven, Collections Assistant, Naval Museum of Halifax Stadacona has a long tradition of supporting naval families. One of the lesser known chapters in this rich history is that of Admiralty House. This house has served many purposes during its 200 years; […]
Navy 10K set for August 18
Register now for 34th annual Navy 10K By Trident Staff Fitness and Sports has always been hugely important at CFB Halifax, and in 1944, as personnel prepared for the operation that would begin the end of the Second World War, they relied on Navy sporting events and facilities to keep […]
RCEME 75th anniversary
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers celebrate 75th Anniversary By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The corps of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers are celebrating their 75th Anniversary in 2019, and members in Halifax marked the occasion on May 15, RCEME Day, with a special 75th Anniversary parade at […]
Padre’s Corner
Coping with global trauma By Lt(N) Padre Graeme Carruth “That’s it! I’m done with watching the news!” Every week I hear some version of that phrase. Many or maybe all of us, get sick of listening to the barrage of horrific news that bombards us. The news of global tragedy […]
