Register now for CAF Sports Day By Trident Staff, Despite limitations on indoor activity due to public health restrictions, the eighth edition of Canadian Armed Forces Sports Day is forging ahead, with both live and virtual activities set for October 22. The in-person activities are taking place at Stadacona, at […]

Divers remember PO2 Craig Blake at Fitness Challenge By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff This past May marked 10 years since PO2 Craig Blake, an RCN clearance diver, was killed in Afghanistan, but his memory lives on at his former unit and with the many sailors who called him a friend, […]

PSP sports gurus look to grow online talk show By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff While organized sports was largely on hiatus for four months during the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19, it was still very much top of mind for PSP Halifax’s Isaac Habib and Matt MacKenzie. The duo […]

Online gym booking now available By Trident Staff As personnel continue to gradually return to work, a new tool is available to help facilitate access to the Fitness and Sports Centres at HMC Dockyard and 12 Wing Shearwater. CAF members can now book time slots at the gyms online using […]

By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff When Trina Hall Samson learned that this year’s Navy 10K run would be held as an online Virtual Series, it was a no-brainer to get involved. As mom to a Navy daughter in Halifax and an Army son in Gagetown, she said she loves to […]

RCN sports history: Goodwill between friends By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff After relay-running 140 miles from Crown Point, New York to Montreal in two days, four US Navy and US Marine personnel arrived at Montreal’s Military and Maritime Museum on July 4, 1980. The purpose of the run was to […]

Still time to register for Navy 10K and Navy Bike Ride By Trident Staff While some of the Navy’s signature events aren’t taking place in their usual format this year, that doesn’t mean they’ve been outright cancelled. Both the local Navy 10K here in Halifax and the national Navy Bike […]

RCN sports history: Navy takes Maritime hockey title By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Down two games in a best of five series, the Halifax Navy team from Stadacona went on to beat the Campbellton Tigers in three straight games to win the Maritime Intermediate hockey championship June 13, 1953 in […]

Name: Tammie Barriage Hometown: Kingston, Ontario PSP Employee since: April 2011 What inspired you to pursue a career focused on fitness? Growing up, I played basketball competitively and wanted to become a professional athlete at one point. Knowing that I also wanted to go to University, I found the Kinesiology […]

Name: Mary Thompson Hometown: Oshawa, ON PSP employee since: May 2017 What inspired you to pursue a career focused on fitness? Since high school, fitness has always been an outlet for me. I played sports as well and I did alright, but I was never the best at anything. Fitness […]