CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Friday, July 19, 2024
CISM athletes bring home six medals from Military World Games By Trident Staff, Canada’s CISM athletes have returned from ten days in Wuhan, China participating in the 7th Military World Games from October 18 to 27. The CAF sent 172 athletes, coaches and supporting staff to the event, with participation […]
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MS Peter Farah pays his respects with a salute during a Remembrance Day ceremony aboard HMCS Halifax on November 11, 2019.
HMCS Kootenay survivors mark 50 years since RCN’s deadliest peacetime incident By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The explosion that took place in HMCS Kootenay on October 23, 1969, killed nine sailors and injured 53 more, who suffered from burns and inhalation of toxic smoke. As Steve Rowland explains, however, the […]
On Wednesday October 23, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the explosion and fire aboard HMCS Kootenay was commemorated during a ceremony at the Bonaventure Anchor Memorial in Point Pleasant Park. The memorial commemorates sailors who died in service during peacetime, and 46 new names were added to the memorial during […]
Join the Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy as they present their annual ‘Til We Meet Again concert on November 9 at the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in the Paul O’Regan Hall on the ground floor of the […]
Training at DCTF Kootenay meant to prevent future tragedies Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Royal Canadian Navy’s Damage Control Training Facility (DCTF) Kootenay exists as a space for today’s sailors to train for potential emergencies at sea, as well as a living memorial to those who died serving in the […]
RAdm Baines awarded honorary doctorate from alma mater By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic was recently recognized by his alma mater, the University of Manitoba, for his distinguished achievements in service to Canada. RAdm Craig Baines was awarded an honorary […]
Fleet kicks off NDWCC with chili contest and Olympics By Samantha Steele, MARLANT PA intern It was all sunshine and smiles on Wednesday, October 9 in HMC Dockyard for CANFLTLANT’s first Chili Cook-off and Olympics in support of the National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign (NDWCC). Competitors in the event included […]
Sports are much more than fun and games By Capt Lisa Evong, 5 CDSG PAO We have all heard that a healthy body aids in a healthy mind, but how do sports and fitness fit into the CAF framework? Why are sports so important? Just over a century ago, American […]
