This corvette, like many of its kind, was classified as a “flower-class” ship when built in Britain for the Royal Navy. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has a wide girth and, at 46 years old, is a bit rough around the edges. But the last of Canada’s steam-powered warships – HMCS Preserver – has a well-earned reputation for staying the course and ...

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 ...

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