CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
One ship’s story: HMCS Spikenard and her connection with the Crow’s Nest By CPO1 (ret’d) Patrick Devenish, CNMT During the War years 1939 – 1945, the Canadian Shipbuilding Industry completed four destroyers, 70 frigates, 123 corvettes, 122 minesweepers, 398 merchant vessels and over 3600 specialized vessels (LSTs, MTBs etc). Of […]
Padre’s Corner: Chapel renewal By Capt Glen Eagleson, Chaplain, FCC(P) / MFRC / RCSU(A) Chaplain Coordinator / HMCS Scotian, CFB Halifax For several years now, the Protestant Community at CFB Halifax has been dwindling. There are several reasons for this; RCN personnel in hard navy trades spend most of their […]
SLt Connor Paris Current role: Bridge Watch Keeper Hometown: Milton, Ontario Years of Service: 7.5 Home Unit: HMCS Ville de Quebec What was the best thing that happened in your life over this past year? The single best thing that happened in my life over the past year was receiving […]
NS Naval Association of Canada charting new course By Cdr (ret’d) Len Canfield, NSNAC The 75 year-old Nova Scotia Naval Association of Canada (NSNAC), formerly called the Nova Scotia Naval Officers Association, has a new mission and branch structure to meet the challenges of the 21st century. At the recent […]
CTF 150 reaches the halfway mark By Lt(N) Tony Wright, CTF 150 Public Affairs Officer The present rotation of Combined Task Force 150, led by Australia and supported by Canada and New Zealand, reached its half way point on 22 January 2020. With nine weeks since assuming command and nine […]
Sailor of the Quarter praised for engineering skills By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff LS Mike Gallant has taken a long path to his current role as a MARTECH with Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic). He first joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a teenager in the 1970s – he spent time […]
RCN sports history: Tug-of-war at HMCS Cornwallis By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff It may not be as common an activity in the modern day, but tug-of-war battles have been a naval tradition for well over a century, with Royal Navy inter-service competitions taking place as far back as 1896. In […]
New working group to address workplace conflict and harassment By Simone Dowhanik, MARLANT Safety & Environment The RCN knows that a respectful and open work environment is important for everyone to do their job well. With this in mind, our bicoastal Navy communities at MARLANT (Halifax) and MARPAC (Esquimalt) have […]
Menstrual hygiene product donations sought from local Defence Team members By PO1 Kasia Danigier CFB Halifax, in cooperation with the Defence Women’s Advisory Organization (DWAO) Halifax, will be collecting menstrual hygiene product donations from members of the local Defence community from February 14 until March 11 to help combat “period […]
HMCS Fredericton latest ship to deploy to Op REASSURANCE By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The next chapter in the Royal Canadian Navy’s ongoing commitment to Operation REASSURANCE got started on January 20 at HMC Dockyard, with HMCS Fredericton departing Halifax for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. Fredericton’s deployment marks […]
