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    HMCS Ottawa hosts Lion’s share of Christmas

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Christmas cookies crumble onto HMCS Ottawa’s deck as seven daze-eyed children observe Sailor First Class (S1) Deryck Kent, a Marine Technician, in the Machinery Control Room (MCR). “This is what makes the ship run,” he says, pointing into a hole in the floor. Beneath – a propulsion system that can take the Halifax-class frigate up to 30 knots (56 km/h). A little boy bravely peeks into the void, his cookie in hand, and returns with a silent ‘wow’. See the full story at the Lookout!

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    NAVRES Western Region holds Small Boat Exercise

    Reading Time: < 1 minute The Western Region of the Naval Reserves (NAVRES) held a simulated training scenario of maritime drug interdiction operations for the first time ever. The Small Boat Exercise (SBEX) was held Nov. 19-20 in English Bay…

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    HMCS Corner Brook dives towards returning to the fleet

    Reading Time: < 1 minute HMCS Corner Brook, one of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) submarines, completed the well-anticipated Camber Dive in October. The trial marks a milestone in the next stage of its Tiered Readiness Program. “The dive tests…

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    HMCS Ottawa holds ship tours in North Vancouver

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Approximately 500 guests visited HMCS Ottawa while the Halifax-class frigate docked in North Vancouver at the end of October. Lieutenant-Commander (LCdr) Justin Simmons, Executive Officer with HMCS Ottawa, said the ship was in North Vancouver…

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    A trip home for HMCS Edmonton

    Reading Time: < 1 minute HMCS Edmonton’s crew left Esquimalt waters mid-September to visit their namesake city. Nine members of the ship’s company travelled to the prairies Sept. 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Edmonton’s commissioning. “As we’ve yet…