Author Archive for Lookout
The Lookout Newspaper can trace its history back to April 1943 when CFB Esquimalt’s first newspaper was published. Since then, Lookout has grown into the award winning source for Pacific Navy News. Leading the way towards interactive social media reach, we are a community resource newspaper growing a world wide audience.
One Foot over the Edge: A Canadian Soldier’s Personal Account of The Rwandan Genocide
Patricia LeboeufPetawawa Post Newspaper–– It has taken over 25 years for retired Canadian soldier Shane Mutlow to summon the courage to share his story with the world. The trauma and suffering he experienced while in Rwanda in 1994 left him with mental health injuries that haunt him to this day. For six months, he bore […]
Portrait project focused on fallen peacekeepers
Peter MallettStaff Writer–– Visitors to Peacekeepers Park in Angus, Ontario, are likely to see Don Ward’s art – haunting portraits of the fallen affixed to weather resistant plaques lining the four walls. The 63-year-old artist, a retired Master Corporal, says he wanted to add faces to the list of names etched in the granite monument […]
CFB Esquimalt will raise the Progress Pride flag for the first time as part of Transgender Day of Remembrance observances – November 20
Hadley ParsonsDeputy Base Communications Officer, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt–– While Transgender Day of Remembrance itself is a solemn occasion, a day meant to remember those who have lost their lives because of anti-transgender violence, the raising of the flag can hopefully serve as a symbol that celebrates progress made, and of hope for future progress. […]
