Kate Bandura

Reading Time: < 1 minute “Naval Fleet School (Pacific) (NFS(P)) is an institution where the best and brightest shape the fleet, and I look forward to facing this challenge.” 1. What does this new role mean to you? Serving as…

Reading Time: < 1 minute From a child’s drawing to a bag of candy, morale mail brings a part of home to all the deployed sailors. As HMCS Vancouver and Winnipeg navigate the Pacific on their six-month deployment, the blue…

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…

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…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sailors 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…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The 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…

Reading Time: < 1 minute CFB 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,”…

Reading Time: < 1 minute With 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…

Reading Time: < 1 minute HMCS 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…

Reading Time: < 1 minute As 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…