Shearwater Aviation Museum honours RCAF contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic By Shearwater Aviation Museum Staff Since the year 2000, the Shearwater Aviation Museum (SAM) has been commemorating the RCAF contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic. Most visitors to the Shearwater Aviation Museum are not aware that the […]
Other News
SLt Cowbrough comes home
HMC ships Moncton and Ville de Quebec were anchored near the MacKay bridge on May 11 to pay their respects to SLt Abbigail Cowbrough as her motorcade made its way to a Dartmouth funeral home. SLt Cowbrough was one of six CAF members who lost their lives when HMCS Fredericton’s Cyclone helicopter crashed off the coast […]
PSP staff profile: Mary Thompson
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 […]
From life-altering diagnosis to dream job
Dockyard Firefighter Tyler Dyke: From Life-altering Diagnosis to Dream Job By Sydney MacLeod, CFB Halifax Public Affairs Intern The daily routines of our Department of National Defence (DND) firefighters at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax looked very different eight weeks ago. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, special kits consisting of masks, gloves, gowns, […]
Partial remains of second crew member identified
Partial remains of second crew member identified after CH-148 Cyclone accident By DND, On May 9, 2020, the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario identified the partial remains of Captain Brenden Ian MacDonald, one of the six military members killed in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) helicopter accident on […]
RCN sports history for May
RCN sports history: Senior baseball action in Halifax By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Navy took on the Shipyard Club on the opening night of the Halifax Senior Baseball League on May 24, 1945, playing to an exciting extra-innings finish. The sailors trailed by three until the ninth inning, when […]
Highway of Heroes
Members from the local community gather along the Highway of Heroes on 6 May 2020, to pay their respects to the six fallen soldiers, who lost their lives in the crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter in the Mediterranean during Operation REASSURANCE on April 29, 2020.
Volume 54, Issue 09, May 04, 2020
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North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week
North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week By MARLANT SEO, North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week was first launched in June 1997, marked by an agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico. During the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks between the governments of Mexico, […]
Stad Band member raising cancer funds with handmade masks
By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Inspired by her mother’s battle against cancer, a member of the Stadacona Band has begun raising funds for the fight against the disease, while also helping others battle the COVID-19 pandemic. PO2 Courtney Lambert has been sewing face masks at home with scrap fabric and […]