It was one of those damp, bone-chilling days so common in Halifax in late December when Andy Barber first caught sight of his new posting in the harbour. He didn't think much about it at first. For ...

Anyone who’s ever watched a Second World War submarine movie knows just how cramped and confined conditions aboard the undersea vessels could be. Imagine, then, touring a vintage sub during a COVID-19 ...

The federal government will contribute up to $3.5 million to the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust for extensive repairs to HMCS Sackville. As Canada’s oldest warship and the sole remaining Flower-class ...

It’s the most decorated warship in the history of the Canadian Navy, but its most dangerous assignment was to sail across Lake Ontario from Toronto to Port Weller. After 36 years as a showpiece at ...

The former HMCS Algonquin is set to be towed in a couple of weeks from Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, BC. It will be sent to the east coast to be broken up, as Defence Watch reported last week. “The ...

The unkempt grounds around the former HMCS Hunter Armoury on Ouellette Avenue should be tidied up by the end of the week according to an official with the Department of National Defence. The sorry ...

Going away for summer training to the HMCS Ontario Sea Cadet Summer Training is a perk that only 600 youth from around the province and across the country have the opportunity to take advantage of ...

The Royal Canadian Navy’s newest ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf, docked in North Vancouver on Friday after completing a “historical sail” through the Northwest Passage. Its crew completed Operation NANOOK ...

Quizmaster Jamie Bradburn is back with more Toronto trivia. How well do you know the city’s history?

Fifty years after the Royal Canadian Navy experienced its worst peacetime disaster, the memory of HMCS Kootenay explosion is continuing to prepare the next generation of Canadian sailors. The Oct. 23, ...

HMCS Ojibwa left Halifax on the weekend to begin its new life at a museum in Ontario. The decommissioned submarine slipped out of Halifax Saturday and was towed out of the harbour on an ocean-going ...