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Bay News: Waitangi Day 2021 - festival schedule, events, Eru and the waka 3 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM 8 minutes to read Ngātokimatawhaorua - the large canoe that was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Photo / Te Rawhitiroa Bosch Northern Advocate Eru and the Waka If you'd been standing on a beach in 1940 at the launch of the largest canoe in the world, you would have seen 12-year-old Eru Patuone Heperi. He was the youngest paddler on board and his father was one of the carvers who helped create the significant waka. Eru Patuone Heperi comes...

337 Officers & 8,226 Other Ranks of Sri Lanka Army promoted 337 Officers & 8,226 Other Ranks of Sri Lanka Army promoted Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, attaching a special significance to the 73rd National Independence Day promoted a total of 337 Officers of the Sri Lanka Army (Regular and Volunteer force) and a record 8,226 Other Ranks of the Army to their respective next ranks on the recommendation of the Ministry of Defence and General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army. Accordingl...

Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa docking at JMSDF's Kure base. Picture by Yoshihiro Inaba. Interview: The Royal Canadian Navy’s Role in the Indo-Pacific Region Japanese defence reporter Yoshihiro Inaba conducted an exclusive interview with Admiral Art McDonald, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff. The former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy spoke about the importance of cooperation with regional countries including Japan and his country's commitment to the Indo-Pacific region. 28 Jan 2021 In recent yea...

Create: 01/08/2021 - 03:14 Author:  The COVID-19 emergency assistance provided by the Canadian military has ended in the community of Shamattawa. At one point there were 370 known cases among the community's on-reserve population of 1,300. That number is now under 30 active cases and declining still. Timeline of military assistance: On December 4, 2020, about six Canadian Rangers from the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (4 CRPG) were activated in the Shamattawa First Nation to assist local officials in COVID-19 relief efforts. Canadian Armed Forces assistance complemented and enhanced s...

Sheila Hellstrom (1935-2020): Canada's first female general was a trailblazer for women in the military Blair Crawford © Provided by Ottawa Citizen Sheila A. Hellstrom, a graduate of National Defence College, became the first woman serving as a Regular Force officer to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in 1987. There was a story Sheila Hellstrom liked to tell about her military days, when a taxi had been dispatched to pick her up. When she climbed in the back, the cabbie tried to wave her away. “Sorry,” he said, “but I’m here for the general.” “I A...