2024 Naval Appointments
Vice Admiral Angus Topshee and Chief Petty Officer (CPO) 1 Tom Lizotte announced navy command and senior appointments. Along with the command team congratulating the RCN personnel, CANFORGEN 008/24 noted,…
NATO Exercise Dynamic Manta 2024 Kicks Off
Until 8 March, the training activity called Dynamic Manta will take place in the central Mediterranean area, which, since 2013, has been one of NATO’s most important and complex anti-submarine…
Mill Cove Ferry from Bedford to Downtown Halifax
People who live in and around the Halifax area will have a new, environmentally friendly, high-speed ferry service for travel between Bedford and downtown Halifax. The Province, along with the…
HMCS Margaret Brooke in Key West February 29
US Navy photos of Margaret Brooke in Key West Feb 29th 5 – RCN 0
“Up to 16” P-8A Auroras for Canada Turns Out to be 14
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $3.4 billion contract to begin manufacturing 14 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three additional P-8s for the German…
HMCS Mastodon
HMCS Mastodon was built by W. Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew, UK in 1910 as a Bucket Dredge under Canadian Registry 129529. She was a steel hull measuring 200.3′ x…
State of the Polar Bear 2023: W. Hudson Bay Polar Bear Numbers Have Not Declined Since 2004
By Susan J Crockford PHD 2023 marked 50 years of international cooperation to protect polar bears across the Arctic. Those efforts have been a conservation success story: from a population…
NATO Ships Join UK Carrier Strike Group
NATO warships have joined HMS Prince of Wales for the start of exercises off the UK coast. The carrier and her task force practiced sailing in close formation and learned…
STRIKFORNATO Takes Command of UK Carrier Strike Group in Steadfast Defender 2024
For the first time ever, the 65,000-tonne ship hosts the UK Carrier Strike Group battle staff as she takes center stage in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. The aircraft carrier, crewed…
Unifor MWF Local 1 Member Killed at Halifax Shipyard
Unifor is mourning the tragic loss of a MWF Local 1 member at the Irving Halifax Shipyard. The worker died February 19th following a workplace incident that is currently under…