Becoming a Boatswain, the high seas jack-of-all-trades   By Naval Reserve HQ  For PO1 Jonathan Paradis, Boatswain Course Director at Naval Fleet School (Québec), who joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a naval reservist in 2008, the Boatswain occupation has been a challenging, intense, and deeply rewarding career. PO1 Paradis spent 10  years on ship, including […]

Sailors help drive food bank expansion in Porters Lake  By Trident Staff  A group of Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors has played a key role in helping bring a major expansion project to life at the Marine Communities Food Bank (MCFB) in Porters Lake, supporting an effort that will soon allow the organization to […]

Vice-Admiral Topshee to be the next Vice Chief of the Defence Staff By DND Vice-Admiral (VAdm) Angus Topshee has been appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff following his tenure as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), during a period marked by modernization, evolving global security challenges and sustained […]

Strategic sail arrives in Latvia to resupply Operation REASSURANCE and the NATO Multinational Brigade  By Captain Wyatt Shorter, Deputy PAO Task Force Latvia  The strategic logistics resupply by sea is one of the largest annual logistics efforts supporting Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations abroad. Otherwise known as a “sail”, this iteration delivered approximately 950,000 kilograms of new […]

‘Valiant ship’ HMCS Sackville receives ceremonial recommissioning By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff  His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Sackville, Canada’s Naval Memorial and the last surviving Flower-class corvette, was ceremonially re-commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at its summer home at Sackville Landing on the morning of May 15.  The event honoured the ship’s wartime service, […]

Republic of Korea Navy Arrives at CFB Esquimalt  By Archana Cini, The Lookout After nearly two months spent crossing the Pacific Ocean, the longest submarine voyage in South Korean history has officially brought two allied navies together in Esquimalt.   On May 23, visiting vessels and naval personnel aboard ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, […]

Community support helps DND Family Days set sail  By Trident Staff  Ahoy, mateys! DND Family Days is once again returning to His Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard Halifax on June 12 and 13 with this year’s nautical-themed celebration, Seas the Day.  Made possible through the continued support of sponsors and community partners, the annual […]

High-stakes scenario, wide-scale cooperation: VITAL ARCHER 2026  By DND  Training for critical national security threats we hope never happen; that’s what Exercise VITAL ARCHER is intended for.  Beginning in 2013 as a tactical exercise between the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) and U.S. military counterparts, it has since evolved to reinforce […]

Open Spirit 2026 delivers real world impact in the Baltic Sea By NATO Maritime Command NATO ships took part in an international mine countermeasures exercise off the coast of Latvia between 1 and 13 May 2026. Open Spirit 26 brought together Allied and Partner navies, enhanced regional security, strengthened interoperability, […]

Orca-Class introduces small arms capability to boost maritime readiness  By Archana Cini, The Lookout  A sharp crack echoed across the waters off Constance Bank on April 22 as members of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) conducted a live-fire shoot aboard the Orca-class Patrol Craft Training (PCT) vessel Cougar.    This shoot forms part of a broader effort to […]