Celebrate the season with a tropical twist at the Stadacona Band’s holiday concert, Sleighbells in the Sun! This year’s performance brings the warmth of the tropics to the Maritimes with Juno award nominee Jah’Mila, one of Canada’s leading voices in reggae music. Blending festive favourites with island rhythms, this concert […]

His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Nanaimo arrived in Halifax on November 26, marking the ship’s transition to its new home port. Nanaimo sailed from the west coast in October and transited the Panama Canal while making its way east. The ship will operate alongside the other remaining Kingston-class vessels; HMC […]

The fall Family Day event at 12 Wing Shearwater took place on October 18 at the Sea King Club and elsewhere across the Wing. Activities included CH-148 Cyclone helicopter tours, games and inflatables, face-painting, snacks, visits from mascots, and more. Thanks to all the members and families who came out […]

The annual Halifax Region National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign (NDWCC) Leadership Breakfast was held in the Windsor-Atlantic Room at Juno Tower on October 8. Members of the local Defence Team gathered for a fundraiser breakfast prepared and served up by Base Administration staff, while the faces behind this year’s campaign, including Base and Formation leadership as well as representatives from United Way Maritimes and HealthPartners, […]

Members of Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) prepare a detonation cord while conducting mine countermeasure operations as part of Canada’s Operation REASSURANCE in the Black Sea on October 7. The divers were among Canadian Armed Forces personnel who took part in the Romanian Naval Forces’ Exercise POSEIDON 25 from October 6–10. […]

His Majesty’s Canadian Ship William Hall and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radison sit at anchor together in Pond Inlet, Nunavut on September 7 while participating in Operation Nanook. On September 2, the Department of National Defence (DND) announced the integration of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) into the Defence […]

The Base Operations team at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax recently added to its security response capabilities with the introduction of four brand new Waterborne Security Response Vessels (WSRVs). Berthed alongside His Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard, these vessels will be used for waterborne security of the Dockyard and other CFB Halifax […]

His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) St. John’s left Halifax in July as the latest Royal Canadian Navy ship to join Operation Reassurance in the Mediterranean Sea. HMCS St. John’s is sailing with Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, currently under the command of the Italian Navy, represented by SNMG2 flagship ITS […]

Nine Canadian Armed Forces members and two Department of National Defence civilian employees recently completed the General Purpose Uncrewed Arial Systems (GPUAS) Operator Course hosted by the Advanced Naval Capabilities Unit East (ANC UXS – East) in Halifax. The participants spent one week gaining valuable hands-on experience and technical knowledge […]