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MARPAC Holiday Greetings

MARPAC Holiday Greetings

As we gather to celebrate this festive season, we want to take a moment to reflect on the past year and express my heartfelt gratitude for each of you – my dedicated military and civilian teammates. This year was filled with remarkable achievements along with some challenges and opportunities. MARPAC welcomed and commissioned our first […]

Chaplain’s  Corner - It’s a Long and Winding Road

Chaplain’s  Corner – It’s a Long and Winding Road

Padre Turkington, Chaplain, CFB Esquimalt  —  The first day of December marks the point in the year when it is perfectly acceptable to start listening to Christmas music. The standard jingles are inescapable; flooding stores, malls, restaurants, radio stations, and seemingly occupying every vacant quiet space. For some this is welcomed, for others it is dreaded. […]

Care packages collected by the Esquimalt MFRC and Cowichan Valley Hospital are packaged and sent off to HMCS Ottawa while deployed over the holidays. Photos provided.

Morale Mail, A Gesture of Gratitude for HMCS Ottawa

Paul Dagonese, Lookout Staff  —  As the holiday season approaches, a heartwarming collaboration between Island Health’s Cowichan District Hospital (CDH) and the Esquimalt Military Family Resource Center (MFRC) has ensured that the 250 sailors aboard His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Ottawa won’t feel forgotten while deployed far from home. A collection of care packages and handwritten […]