The Canadian Coast Guard’s nine seasonally operated search and rescue lifeboat stations on the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay and St. Lawrence River in Ontario are now open. The full release is available online. Call 204-984-4715.
On behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson (Charleswood-St.James-Assiniboia-Headingley, Man.) announced that Red River College has received a Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO105 helicopter. Nine other educational training institutions located across Canada have also received a donated BO105 helicopter. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-3474.
Liberal MPs Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West–Nepean, Ont.) and Mona Fortier (Ottawa–Vanier, Ont.) announced that Algonquin College has received a Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO105 helicopter. Nine other educational training institutions located across Canada have also received a donated BO105 helicopter. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-3474.
The Canadian Coast Guard advises people living nearby or using the shores of the St. Lawrence River, that spring icebreaking operations will begin between Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and Sorel, on Monday February 25, 2019. The full release is available online. Call 418-648-5474. Construction is underway on two new search and rescue stations, located in Twillingate and Old Perlican, … Read more
Fifteen members of the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic Region were awarded Exemplary Service Medals and Bars at Government House in St. John’s, NL. The awards were presented by Judy Foote, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The full release is available online. Call 709-772-3375.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced that the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Aerospace Technology Campus has received a Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO105 helicopter. The full release is available online. Call 613-990-7537.
Liberal MP Scott Simms (Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame, Nfld.) announced that 208.7 cubic metres (208,769 litres) of oil was removed from the Manolis L shipwreck. This is enough oil to fill 1313 oil barrels. The operation to remove the bulk oil was led by the Canadian Coast Guard and undertaken by Ardent Global Marine Services. The full release is available online. … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) was in Sidney, B.C. to announce the arrival of the new High Endurance Self-Righting Search and Rescue Lifeboats, named CCGS McIntyre Bay and CCGS Pachena Bay. The Canadian Coast Guard informally refers to the lifeboats as “Bay Class”, as each one is named after a Canadian … Read more
Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility Carla Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) and Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Que.) announced that the first of the three medium icebreakers recently built by Chantier Davie for the Canadian Coast Guard will be named CCGS Captain … Read more
With the departure of the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent from Arctic waters this weekend, the Canadian Coast Guard’s 2018 Arctic operational season is nearing an end. Seven icebreakers were deployed to the Arctic, providing safe escorts of ships through ice-covered waters, responding to incidents including search and rescue and environmental response, supporting safe navigation, Fisheries and Oceans … Read more
