Along with other events and official commemorations marking the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a number of currently deployed Royal Canadian Navy ships, including HMCS Winnipeg, HMCS Vancouver, and HMCS Margaret Brooke, held their own memorial ceremonies at sea.

The Every Child Matters flag was raised at CFB Halifax and within the fleet ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Atlantic Defence Aboriginal Advisory Group, in conjunction with Elder Debbie Eisan, Honorary Captain(N), and the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, held a smudging ceremony and witnessed a […]

Casualty clearers assess and treat a simulated casualty during a damage control exercise onboard HMCS Margaret Brooke during Operation NANOOK, September 14, 2022.

It’s September, CFB Halifax! Which means it’s back-to-school for many students in the area. It is also the time of year for us to wrap up and celebrate another successful summer work term for all of the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) and co-op students here on Base! Thank […]

Commander Annick Fortin, Commanding Officer of HMCS Winnipeg, and Sub-Lieutenant Lynn Murdock-Finegold, pay respects to Indonesian vessel Kri John Lie (358) during a cooperative deployment after departing Jakarta, Indonesia during Operation Projection on September 3. La capitaine de frégate Annick Fortin, commandante du NCSM Winnipeg, et l’enseigne de vaisseau de […]

Petty Officer 1st Class Giles Pease (left) and Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class John Vincent Gouthro (right) from the Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) conduct diving operations from Yard Dive Tender (YDT) 11 during the Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus (SSBA) phase of the Clearance Diver course in Maple Bay, British Columbia […]

Soldiers from 36 Canadian Brigade Group were recently out in their community supporting The 2022 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Championships which took place from August 3 to 7 at Lake Banook in Dartmouth. Members of 36 CBG provided support to the event in the form of Flag […]

An Honours and Awards Ceremony was held at Trinity Maritime Operational Support and Intelligence Center at CFB Halifax on August 22, and it became a family affair for some. Seen here, PO1 Glen Flemming had his wife and daughter help out as he was promoted to his current rank by […]

Inspector of Polish Navy Vice-Admiral Jaroslaw Ziemianski (left) with Maritime Atlantic Forces Chief of Staff Captain (Navy) Michael Eelhart – exchanging gifts in the Commanding Officer’s Cabin of HMCS Charlottetown as part of a visit of a Polish contingent to Canadian Forces Base Halifax and Maritime Forces Atlantic on August […]

Crew from HMCS Summerside and HMCS Kingston joined their Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) colleagues for a friendly basketball tournament while alongside in early August. After a number of close games through the weekend of August 5-7, the Lithuanian sailors from LNS Kursis claimed the tournament victory. Les […]