Name: Tammie Barriage Hometown: Kingston, Ontario PSP Employee since: April 2011 What inspired you to pursue a career focused on fitness? Growing up, I played basketball competitively and wanted to become a professional athlete at one point. Knowing that I also wanted to go to University, I found the Kinesiology […]
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MFRC: Because this is what community does
Because this is what community does By Sarah-Jean Mannette, H&R MFRC The Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed in the Mediterranean on April 29, 2020 has immeasurably impacted the military community and our country. Since news of the incident, the Halifax & Region Military Family Resource Centre […]
FMF Cape Scott, NFS(A) sewing face coverings
FMF Cape Scott, NFS(A) sewing face coverings for Formation Halifax By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Despite working in a reduced capacity, staff at Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) Cape Scott and sailors from Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) (NFS(A)) are now directly contributing to the fight against COVID-19 and the efforts to […]
The rescue of HMCS Athabaskan
The rescue of HMCS Athabaskan: We fight as one By CPO1 (Ret’d) Patrick Devenish, Canadian Naval Memorial Trust This is the second of 2 parts. The story now entered a new phase as HMCS Haida approached cautiously and steered for the largest concentration of life jackets and floating debris. In […]
RCAF role in the Battle of the Atlantic
Shearwater Aviation Museum honours RCAF contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic By Shearwater Aviation Museum Staff Since the year 2000, the Shearwater Aviation Museum (SAM) has been commemorating the RCAF contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic. Most visitors to the Shearwater Aviation Museum are not aware that the […]
PSP staff profile: Mary Thompson
Name: Mary Thompson Hometown: Oshawa, ON PSP employee since: May 2017 What inspired you to pursue a career focused on fitness? Since high school, fitness has always been an outlet for me. I played sports as well and I did alright, but I was never the best at anything. Fitness […]
From life-altering diagnosis to dream job
Dockyard Firefighter Tyler Dyke: From Life-altering Diagnosis to Dream Job By Sydney MacLeod, CFB Halifax Public Affairs Intern The daily routines of our Department of National Defence (DND) firefighters at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax looked very different eight weeks ago. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, special kits consisting of masks, gloves, gowns, […]
RCN sports history for May
RCN sports history: Senior baseball action in Halifax By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Navy took on the Shipyard Club on the opening night of the Halifax Senior Baseball League on May 24, 1945, playing to an exciting extra-innings finish. The sailors trailed by three until the ninth inning, when […]
North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week
North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week By MARLANT SEO, North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week was first launched in June 1997, marked by an agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico. During the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks between the governments of Mexico, […]
Stad Band member raising cancer funds with handmade masks
By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Inspired by her mother’s battle against cancer, a member of the Stadacona Band has begun raising funds for the fight against the disease, while also helping others battle the COVID-19 pandemic. PO2 Courtney Lambert has been sewing face masks at home with scrap fabric and […]