Although the day was overcast, it looked like the rain would hold off until the Change of Command ceremony for the new Commander of the Canadian Army on Parliament Hill was done. However, looks are deceiving and just as the ceremony started, the rain started to fall. Mostly it was spitting and moved up to…
On Friday, 8 July, 2016, the HMCS Kingston, MM700, lead ship of the Kingston class of Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDV), settled into Crawford Wharf in Kingston, Ontario, for a 3 day visit as part of the Great Lakes Deployment. This exercise, which has two ships visiting several ports along the Great Lakes and the…
On Friday, the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme, and more specifically the Battle of Beumont-Hamel, was marked with a ceremony at the Canadian War Museum. It was a beautiful day and attendance is estimated to be around the 600 person mark. The Master of Ceremonies, Herb Davis of the…