2024 Year in Review: National Shipbuilding Strategy
Updates on National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) activities from January 1 to December 31, 2024. The NSS is Canada’s long-term plan to renew the fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)…
Wallaceburg & District Museum Celebrates Naval Namesake
The WALLACEBURG Minesweeper was commissioned at Port Arthur on November 18, 1943, she arrived at Halifax on December 13, and after working up was assigned to EG W-8, Western Escort…
Trump’s Prodding May Resurrect Canada’s Military
This article was published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Washington office, the Center for North American Prosperity and Security (CNAPS.org). It originally appeared in the Washington Times. By Anthony De Luca-Baratta…
RINA: Canada Gears Up For River Class Destroyers
by David Foxwell Canada’s minister of national defence Bill Blair has announced the award of an implementation contract to Irving Shipbuilding for construction of a new class of destroyers, to…
2025 RCN Command and Senior Appointments
Commanding Officers for APS 2025 1. Cdr T. Bergmann – Sea Training Pacific APS 25 2. Cdr K. Aubrey – HMCS St. John’s MT 25 3. Cdr M. Edmonds –…
UNIFOR Celebrates Type 26 Frigate Construction Contract
Unifor is celebrating the federal government’s signing of the River-class destroyer (RCD) contract with Irving Shipbuilding – the largest and most significant “Buy Canadian” procurement program, and largest shipbuilding effort…
HMCS Corner Brook Nearing Full Operational Status
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First Three Type 26 Frigates to Cost $7.4 Billion EACH
On March 8, 2025, the Ministers of National Defence, Public Services and Procurement, and Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced the implementation contract award to…
Multinational Drug Bust Offloaded in Miami Beach
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded approximately 12,470 pounds of cocaine, Thursday, worth an estimated $141.4 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. The seized contraband was the result…
Oral History Interview with T.G. Drew-Brook on “Wartime Intelligence & Security”
Oral History Interview with T.G. Drew-Brook on “Wartime Intelligence & Security” CDBS01146, A.F. Hart Oral History Interview with T.G. Drew-Brook, “Wartime Intelligence and Security,” Toronto, 12 January 1977 Toronto stockbroker…