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 ...

A sister ship in flames, its German assailant lurking in the shadows, and time slipping away in the treacherous waters of the ...

For more than 30 years, it sat in the harbour at Ontario Place, a 115-metre-long monument to Canada's naval past. Yesterday, two tugboats, one pulling its stern and the other gently steering the bow, ...

Every day at sea, nearly 70 years ago, Andy Barber's ears would fill with the sounds of a whistle at 11:25 a.m. He was 21 years old then, a signalman aboard HMCS Haida, patrolling during the Korean ...

Canada's most honoured warship, long a fixture in Toronto, is about to move permanently to Hamilton. HMCS Haida, which sank nine enemy vessels in two wars, will be refurbished. A commitment of ...

Rose Daikens’s first trip to the HMCS Haida was full of pomp and circumstance. The 93-year-old — who was part of the first draft of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service — was piped on-board 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 ...

To properly tell a navy story, you really need a good shot of navy rum. But I’m going to stick with coffee. This tale has a lot of moving parts, and I’ll need to keep focus.

I would like to acknowledge the passing of Royal Canadian Navy veteran John Neil Bruce, who passed away at the age of 91, surrounded by his family, in Milton on April 15. In 1963, at a time when Royal ...