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New memorial to honour Canada's Merchant Navy
Halifax News Net, Canada - 1 hour ago
The historic HMCS Sackville is expected to sail in under tug assist from Cable Wharf in Halifax to the Bedford Jetty, and the Stadacona Band and a choir ...

NATO says its warships in Black Sea unrelated to Georgia crisis
Xinhua, China - 4 hours ago
A fifth ship, the Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec, was recently detached from the group to escort World Food Program shipments off the coast of ...

News on canada.com
Times Colonist, Canada - 5 hours ago
Today at noon arrival of Honorary Commodores, John and Diane VanDerbeek aboard the Salute Vessel HMCS Oriole. See www.classicboatfestival.ca The Eighth ...

Russian Face to Face with NATO
The FINANCIAL, Georgia - 5 hours ago
A fifth member of SNMG1, the Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec, was recently detached from the group to escort World Food Programme shipping off the ...

Navy reverts to basics on new resupply vessels
Calgary Herald,  Canada - 6 hours ago
Ken Bowering, an official with the Navy League of Canada, said it is critical the navy be allowed to replace HMCS Preserver and Protecteur, the two vessels ...

Little Trekka spins a colourful tale
Victoria News,  Canada - 6 hours ago
The Olympus’ owners, John and Diane VanDerbeek, will serve as honourary commodores this year, leading the sailpast Sunday morning aboard HMCS Oriole. ...

Merseyside police review urged as secret files dumped
Liverpool Daily Post, UK - 8 hours ago
An HM Courts Service spokesman said: “HMCS takes data security extremely seriously and we will investigate all allegations of breaches or incidents.”

Electrician had 'a huge heart'
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 9 hours ago
Kinney earned his marine licence during a three-year stint (1959-62) on board the navy aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure and, in 1965, received his ...

HMCS Calgary: Sentinel of the seas
XPRESS, United Arab Emirates - 13 hours ago
By Derek Baldwin, Senior Reporter On-board HMCS Calgary: Shipping goods to and through Dubai is becoming increasingly risky for crews and shipping companies ...

Feds have options on ship replacement: Martin
Victoria News,  Canada - 17 hours ago
Last Friday Public Works Minister Christian Paradis announced that the program to replace CFB Esquimalt based supply ship HMCS Protecteur and its ...

New memorial to honour Canada's Merchant Navy
Halifax News Net, Canada - 1 hour ago
Lowther hopes to follow this project with a second DeWolf Park memorial in 2010 to honour the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy. ...

From high seas to pulpit, pastor has no plans to slow down
Cape Breton Post, Canada - 15 hours ago
BY JULIE COLLINS Pastor Frank Guinta Sr., of Clyde Avenue Baptist Church in Sydney Mines, became a pastor after devoting 25 years to the Canadian Navy. ...

Canada's Navy dodges a bullet
National Post, Canada - 21 hours ago
The two Protecteur-class Auxiliary Oil Replenishment (AOR) ships possessed by the Canadian Navy today are almost forty years old. These large ships serve a ...

Canada to Expand Energy, Mineral Mapping of Arctic
The Epoch Times, NY - 26 Aug 2008
A Canadian Navy Zodiac races across the Arctic Ocean on patrol at the southern tip of Baffin Island, Canada. (Michel Comte/AFP/Getty Images) OTTAWA—Canada ...

Feds can pricey navy ship project
Southern Gazette, Canada - 26 Aug 2008
BY DAVID WHELAN The federal government has cancelled a procurement process to build three new Canadian navy ships. Ottawa claimed private bidders couldn’t ...

Delay nixes fix for 'rust out'
St. John's Telegram, Canada - 26 Aug 2008
... for the coast guard was lumped in with the more high-profile decision to also halt plans to build three joint supply ships for the Canadian Navy. ...

COALITION NAVY BEGINS SOMALI PATROLS
Maritime Global Net, RI - 26 Aug 2008
Navy warships will patrol the area with aircraft support, under the command of Commodore Bob Davidson of the Canadian Navy. The move comes following last ...

Filipino Sailor Died In Pirate Attack Off Somalia
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia - 25 Aug 2008
Coalition navy warships and aircraft will patrol the area under a commander from the Royal Canadian Navy. Somalia is the world's piracy hotspot. ...

Arrest follows naked bike ride
Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 25 Aug 2008
OTTAWA -- The Canadian navy's two vintage supply ships are obsolete, out of spare parts and may not meet today's tough environmental standards, ...

August 25, 2008 | Vol 53 | No 34 Annapolis one step closer to ...
Victoria Lookout, Canada - 25 Aug 2008
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) purchased the Annapolis from the navy to make it the sixth former Canadian Navy ship to be sunk in ...