Regional powerlifting first Aldershot-hosted CAF competition By Sara White, Managing Editor, The Aurora Heavy weights didn’t put off 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown Detachment Aldershot from hosting its first ever CAF regional sports championship. From April 1 to 3, the base staged the Atlantic Regional powerlifting competition. “Welcome to […]

Halifax region DND Career Fair set for May 8 By CFB Halifax, Get your resume ready! Hiring managers and supervisors from Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and other CAF and DND organizations in the Halifax region will be hosting a career fair on Wednesday, May 8 at the new Willow Park […]

A Legend Retires after 43 Years By CPO2 Dave Skinner, Staff Officer, PCC Atlantic On March 29, 2019, Sandra Elizabeth Croney, better known as Betty, hung up her apron and clippers and closed shop for the last time after almost 43 years as the well-known A-Block Barber. Originally from Halifax, […]

The loss of HMCS St. Croix By CPO1 (ret’d) Patrick Devenish, Many stories of our Navy’s history are kept hidden until someone brings them to the forefront and though this story has been told in several books, we still need to be reminded on occasion of the sacrifices of those […]

Naval Museum of Halifax celebrates its volunteers By Jennifer Hevenor, Director, Naval Museum of Halifax and Jennifer Gamble, Curator, Naval Museum of Halifax National Volunteer Week 2019 runs from April 7 – 13, and is an opportunity to recognize the collective efforts of volunteers in our communities. The 2019 theme, […]

Canadian Leaders at Sea on International Women’s Day By Samantha Steele, MARLANT PA Co-op Student March 8 marked International Women’s Day, and it was on this day that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Canadian Leaders at Sea (CLaS) program hosted 20 distinguished and accomplished women aboard HMCS St. John’s for […]

Diving in the High Arctic: Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 By Lt(N) Éliane Trahan, FDU(A) PAO Clearance Divers, Combat Divers and Port Inspection Divers from across Canada have participated in Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, from March 20 to April 1, 2019. They were diving in the glacial waters of […]

Immigrant and refugee issues highlighted as part of IDERD 2019 By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Many of the difficulties faced by newcomers to Canada can be significantly lessened if they have access to proper support as they transition to their new lives, a group from Formation Halifax heard during a […]

Soldiering On at Bataan By M/Bdr (ret’d) Jeremy Blackburn, (ret’d Soldier On Program) Ten years ago, I had the good fortune of participating as a member of a five-member MARLANT Bataan Memorial Death March, Heavy Division, Co-Ed marching team. A team in which each member trained to carry 35 pounds […]