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CFAD Rocky Point

Le DAFC Rocky Point envoie de munitions à l’Ukraine

Kateryna Bandura,  Rédactrice en chef du Lookout — Des palettes de bois sont posées au milieu de 26 magasins de munitions par une froide matinée de novembre au Dépôt de munitions des Forces canadiennes (DMFC) Rocky Point, près de Metchosin. Chaque palette contient 42 cartouches de munitions navales de 76 millimètres qui attendent d’être chargées […]

CFAD Rocky Point

CFAD Rocky Point sends ammunition donation to Ukraine

Kateryna Bandura, Lookout Editor — Wooden pallets sit amid 26 ammunition magazines on a chilly November morning at Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) Rocky Point near Metchosin. Each pallet contains 42 rounds of 76-millimetre naval ammunition waiting to be loaded on an unmarked military 18-wheeler to make their way to Bedford, N.S. There, the Canadian Materiel […]

(Left) Paul Addison, Victoria Curling Club President, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Currie, Canadian Forces Health Services Pacific Region Surgeon, Paul Rober, Sportsman League President, Keith North, Doug Butler, E. David Hodgins and Ross Nichols, St. John Ambulance members, and James Keogh, Victoria Curling Club General Manager, gather for the award presentation at the Victoria Curling Club, Dec. 16, 2023. Photo: Don Allan

Pacific Region Surgeon honoured for saving teammate’s life

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  —  St. John Ambulance has honoured Lieutenant-Colonel (LCol) Andrew Currie, Regional Surgeon Pacific, for his life-saving efforts outside the workplace. He and his Victoria Curling Club teammate Doug Butler are the latest St. John Ambulance Life-Saving Award recipients. The awards were presented to LCol Currie and retired paramedic Butler during a ceremony […]