Base Commander and family set 500-kilometre goal for Navy Bike Ride By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff With the 2021 Navy Bike Ride kicking into gear on June 12, CFB Halifax Base Commander Capt(N) Sean Williams is looking forward to cycling with his family, and he’s already thinking about getting out […]

HMCS Harry DeWolf trades ice-breaking for warm weather trials By Darlene Blakeley, RCN PA The temperature was a little different this time around. After a month of conducting cold weather and ice trials off the coasts of Northern Labrador and Nunavut earlier this year, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry […]

By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff Two Royal Canadian Navy warships were in Londonderry on May 15 for a special ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, having travelled to Northern Ireland following the same convoy route used by many of the ships that served during […]

SNMG1 trains alongside UK’s Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group By LCdr Mark Fifield, SNMG1 PAO Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) Ships HDMS Absalon and HMCS Halifax recently concluded their successful participation in exercise Joint Warrior 21-1 (JW21-1) off the coast of Scotland on May 14, 2021. Joint Warrior is […]

By PSP Health Promotion The World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day almost 35 years ago to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. There is no better time than now to revisit the importance of quitting smoking and the added […]

Reducing our carbon footprint at CFB Halifax By Elizabeth Sharpe, CFB Halifax PA Intern Technology is constantly evolving to adapt to our ever-changing needs as a society, and green technology – meant to reduce human impact on the environment – is a great example of one of these adaptive technologies. […]

Reflecting on the importance of connection and the tradition of the Eagle Staff By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff While in-person gatherings are not possible for this year’s Indigenous Awareness Week, PO1 Katerina Stewart plans to look for ways to celebrate and connect with other Indigenous members virtually. “I like to […]

Padre’s Corner: Life in lockdown By Padre Lt(N) Tim Parker Base Chaplain, ‘They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.’ -Leviticus 13.46 Before COVID-19, we lived a very full way of life, and now we are struggling to adapt to a more deprived way of life. Constant quarantine, […]

By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff After a severe injury during basic training ten years ago, Stadacona Band member S1 Jack Brownell drew from his years of music and academic training to help him get through a long rehabilitation process — that and the PSP Reconditioning team at CFB Halifax, whose […]

Cadet finds opportunity amidst pandemic By Hannah Meagher Phones are ringing, planes are landing, and a pilot is asking for a weather advisory as three more planes enter the circuit. This is an average day at the Allan J. MacEachen Regional Airport in Port Hastings, but before working here, I […]