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Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg is in Jakarta for a port visit from August 31 to September 3, 2022, as part of its Indo-Pacific ...

Naval forces for the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia and Canada wrapped up the Pacific Dragon 2022 exercise on Monday. The biennial multinational air and missile defense drills began on Aug. 5 in Hawaii at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands (PMRF) and off the coast of Kauai. This was the […]

The crews of HMCS Goose Bay and HMCS Moncton stopped at a chimpanzee sanctuary during a West African deployment and used the old rigging from a Royal Canadian Navy sailing vessel to build a new play area for the chimps.

HMCS Winnipeg is casting off to join Operation Projection and Operation Neon with a sail-past salute at Duntze Head on Tuesday. The Halifax-class frigate will be deployed to the Asia-Pacific . . .

For much of the HMCS Calgary crew, this will be their first deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic, which means significantly curtailed foreign port visits

Also taking part are the Royal Canadian Air Force, U.S. Navy aircraft and U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and patrol ships. While the majority of activity will be about 70 nautical miles west of Tofino, the public in the Victoria area will be able to see what is happening at times — including the participation of Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine Victoria. Known as Task Group Exercise 21-01, the training session will help HMCS Calgary, HMCS Brandon and HMCS Saskatoon prepare for upcoming deploy...

Hundreds of sailors from five Royal Canadian Navy warships are quarantining in Victoria hotels this week in preparation for Task Group Exercise (TGEX) 21-01

A memorial service for 47-year-old Master Sailor Duane Earle, involving family members and the 230-member crew, took place Friday morning aboard HMCS Winnipeg during a stop at Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Rocky Point in Metchosin. The frigate sailed into CFB Esquimalt at 3:15 p.m. Friday as Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Royal Canadian Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Art McDonald looked on from Duntze Head. Cmdr. Mike Stefanson, the ship’s commanding officer, told reporters Friday that...