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Promoting a sense of belonging with Regina running team shirts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSailors continue finding ways to promote unit solidarity as the Base eases out of the pandemic. For HMCS Regina, that meant donning custom-made purple shirts during the September Formation Run. “HMCS Regina created custom purple T-shirts…
HMCS Yellowknife supports Canadian Coast Guard in wreck survey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) successfully assessed several well-known shipwrecks around Vancouver Island. HMCS Yellowknife supported three members of the Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) (FDU(P)) and two CCG personnel in locating…
Defence team members spread ‘paws’-itivity for cause
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCFB Esquimalt saw an increase in working paws last week. “‘Bring Your Dog to Work Day’ increases morale, builds strong communities, promotes good health, and gives folks an opportunity to give in a meaningful way,” said…
CFB Esquimalt rolls up sleeves for COVID-19 booster
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the fall season upon CFB Esquimalt, the Acting Base Surgeon urged members to visit the Canadian Forces annual flu/COVID booster immunization clinic. “Influenza and SARS CoV-2 continue to present a risk to the general population…
Diving Officer reveals what it takes to keep a deployed ship top-notch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHMCS Vancouver’s Dive Team is making true the old adage, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. “Some of the fishing lines we have found tangled on our blades and propellers were cut and we are…
Local firefighter spins the wheels for Tour de Rock
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 25th anniversary ride made one of their last stops in Esquimalt on Friday, Oct. 7, one participant said it has been an amazing and emotional…
HMCS Winnipeg runs for the Burn Fund
Reading Time: < 1 minuteH MCS Winnipeg raised over $2,900 for the Manitoba Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund on deployment to the Indo-Pacific. “It goes to show all things are possible with the right perspective, adaptability, and perseverance,” said Petty Officer Second…
FDU(P): Behind the scenes and under water
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGraduates and instructors of the most recent Clearance Divers and Clearance Diving Officers class at Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) (FDU(P)) memorialized their graduation with an underwater photo shoot. “The course photo is definitely a memorable event…
HMCS Vancouver navigates Taiwan Strait en route to Operation Neon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing a recent port visit in Manila, Philippines, HMCS Vancouver sailed through the waters of the Taiwan Strait on Sept. 20, along with the destroyer USS Higgins, on its way into Operation (Op) Neon’s area of…
‘From shop floor to top floor’ and beyond – The Sky’s No Limit!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat began as a small Aviation event in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has since evolved into the world’s largest diversity outreach event of its kind in Aviation, Aerospace, Marine and Defence. “Our unique, hands-on outreach events have…
