The Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat stations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador are winding down their seasonal maritime search and rescue service. The full release is available online. Contact mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca. The Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat stations in British Columbia are winding down their seasonal maritime search and … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat stations in Quebec are winding down seasonal maritime search and rescue services, starting Sept. 7. The full release is available online. Contact mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca.
Liberal MP Serge Cormier (Acadie–Bathurst, N.B.) joined Canadian Coast Guard personnel and community members in Shippagan, N.B., to dedicate the CCGS Cascumpec Bay into service. The dedication marks an important milestone for the vessel and the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which has delivered 20 new high endurance search and rescue lifeboats to the CCG. The full release is available online. Contact muntaha.ahmed@forces.gc.ca.
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, Canada’s largest, most powerful icebreaker, reached the North Pole on Aug. 16 as part of its 2026 Arctic deployment. The full release is available online. Contact mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Mike Kelloway (Sydney—Glace Bay, N.S.) was in Sydney, N.S., to dedicate the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Mira Bay into service. The dedication of the CCGS Mira Bay marks another important milestone in the construction and delivery of a total of 20 new Bay Class … Read more
In April 2026, the Canadian Coast Guard, under the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, issued an Administrative Monetary Penalty of $75,000 to the owner of the MV Breeze, a deteriorating 27-metre wooden tug on the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C. The full release is available online. Contact mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca.
Minister of National Defence David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) announced more than $1.6 million through the Indigenous Community Boat Volunteer Program to support 19 Indigenous communities and organizations in strengthening maritime search-and-rescue capacity. The funding will help communities purchase boats and marine safety equipment, with recipients in British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) annual Arctic season is now underway. Through its presence and operations, the CCG’s Arctic operations continue to demonstrate and reinforce Canada’s long-standing, well-established sovereignty and security in the North. Nine CCG icebreakers will deploy and operate in the Arctic from June to November 2026 to support Northern communities, carry out … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard advises that the CCGS Jean Goodwill will conduct icebreaking operations in Frobisher Bay near Iqaluit, Nunavut, on or around June 23. The purpose of this operation is to break ice so commercial vessels can navigate safely in and out of the area. The date is subject to change depending on operational … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic Marine Response Station in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. is now operational for the season. The Arctic Marine Response Station, formerly known as the Inshore Rescue Boat North station, first opened in 2018, establishing it as the first Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue facility in the Arctic. The full release is available … Read more
