Fire safety upgrade supports MARLANT sweat lodge ceremonies By Griffin Bjerke-Clarke, Trident Staff On the coast of Morris Lake on the north side of 12 Wing Shearwater, civilians, local Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) members, veterans and community members gather for a ceremony and a traditional feast. May 22 marked the […]

New sonar system selected for future River-class destroyers  By Trident Staff  A new sonar system has been selected for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future River-class destroyers, with Thales Canada and Lockheed Martin Canada announcing an agreement related to the ships’ anti-submarine warfare capabilities.  According to a recent Thales Canada press […]

Becoming a Boatswain, the high seas jack-of-all-trades   By Naval Reserve HQ  For PO1 Jonathan Paradis, Boatswain Course Director at Naval Fleet School (Québec), who joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a naval reservist in 2008, the Boatswain occupation has been a challenging, intense, and deeply rewarding career. PO1 Paradis spent 10  years on ship, including […]

Sailors help drive food bank expansion in Porters Lake  By Trident Staff  A group of Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors has played a key role in helping bring a major expansion project to life at the Marine Communities Food Bank (MCFB) in Porters Lake, supporting an effort that will soon allow the organization to […]

Vice-Admiral Topshee to be the next Vice Chief of the Defence Staff By DND Vice-Admiral (VAdm) Angus Topshee has been appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff following his tenure as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), during a period marked by modernization, evolving global security challenges and sustained […]

Strategic sail arrives in Latvia to resupply Operation REASSURANCE and the NATO Multinational Brigade  By Captain Wyatt Shorter, Deputy PAO Task Force Latvia  The strategic logistics resupply by sea is one of the largest annual logistics efforts supporting Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations abroad. Otherwise known as a “sail”, this iteration delivered approximately 950,000 kilograms of new […]

‘Valiant ship’ HMCS Sackville receives ceremonial recommissioning By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff  His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Sackville, Canada’s Naval Memorial and the last surviving Flower-class corvette, was ceremonially re-commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at its summer home at Sackville Landing on the morning of May 15.  The event honoured the ship’s wartime service, […]

Republic of Korea Navy Arrives at CFB Esquimalt  By Archana Cini, The Lookout After nearly two months spent crossing the Pacific Ocean, the longest submarine voyage in South Korean history has officially brought two allied navies together in Esquimalt.   On May 23, visiting vessels and naval personnel aboard ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, […]

Community support helps DND Family Days set sail  By Trident Staff  Ahoy, mateys! DND Family Days is once again returning to His Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard Halifax on June 12 and 13 with this year’s nautical-themed celebration, Seas the Day.  Made possible through the continued support of sponsors and community partners, the annual […]