During the change of command ceremony for JTFA and MARLANT, outgoing commander RAdm Paul Maddison received an eagle feather from Don Julien, executive director of The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq...

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The Canadian Forces’ largest annual demonstration of Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic, known as Operation NANOOK, began on August 6 as the Canadian-led Naval Task Group crossed the 60th parallel en route to the High Arctic...

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Traffic is, to most people, a stressful sight. And that stress can turn tragic in the event of an accident. Thankfully, when a motorcycle toppled over and pinned a 68-year-old man at a Dartmouth intersection on Wednesday, July 21, there was a trained first responder in a car nearby...

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This Canadian Naval Centennial year is turning out to be a very busy and diverse year indeed for the Stadacona Band.

In the fall of 2009 Charlie Cahill of New Scotland Productions and the CBC approached LCdr Murray of the Stadacona Band with the idea to produce a television special saluting one hundred years of Naval Service to Canada in music...

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CPO1 (ret’d) Joe Currie enjoys his bridge games. He’s played cards all of his life, and even fancied trying his luck at poker in Las Vegas. At 94 years old, he plays bridge six times a week—and has about 60 years of bridge-playing experience up his sleeve...

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Gender-specific jobs have become a fallacy of the past. It’s now more common to find women employed in what were once considered male-dominated occupations.

For Margaret Miller, a 38-year-old from Glace Bay, N.S., a job in the trades was her calling...

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As we come off summer leave, we focus on new projects such as welcoming new people in our departments, and an exciting Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign (GCWCC) season.

The GCWCC is a government-wide initiative to raise the awareness of social needs, support to our communities and to help those around us who are less fortunate...

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Anaval sword and medals belonging to one of the submarine service’s most respected officers are now on permanent display in building S17.

In a brief ceremony on Friday July 23, several family members of the late Cdr (ret’d) Stephen Jenner, as well as submarine training staff, submarine...

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Studies at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) are ensuring a bright future for several CF members.

Following their June graduation from the two-year Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Mechanical program at NSCC, the students move into the next stage of their military careers...

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Capt Dennis Mann, a Sea King pilot with 443 Maritime Helicopter (MH) Squadron has signed on to volunteer with Angel Flight of British Columbia, a non-profit charity which flies cancer patients to and from their treatment appointments...

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August 8 marked the third anniversary of National Peacekeepers’ Day and the addition of three new names to the Peacekeeping Monument’s wall of honour in Ottawa.

One of those names was RCMP Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) Doug Coates, the father of Air Force Captain Luc Coates, a search and rescue (SAR) pilot with 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 19 Wing Comox, B.C...

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Canadian troops underwent a training day at the Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on the Big Island of Hawaii as part of Exercise RIMPAC.

The training combined two skills before the troops entered the stressful situation of a live-shoot house...

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Des soldats canadiens ont effectué un entraînement d’une journée au secteur d’entraînement de Pohakuloa dans la grande île d’Hawaii, dans le cadre de l’exercice Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC).

L’entraînement portait sur deux aptitudes, avant que les soldats n’entrent dans la situation stressante d’une maison de tir réel...

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On July 31, 1950, a 405 Eagle Squadron Lancaster (#965) was tasked on Operation Nanook 50, a survey, surveillance and resupply mission in the Canadian Arctic.

At the time, the construction of the runway was not complete, so an airdrop was the only option...

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