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(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 […]

HMCS Vancouver’s embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter “CANUCK” flies near MV Asterix in the Pacific Ocean on 1 December 2023. Photo Credit: Aviator Gregory Cole, Canadian Armed Forces Photo L’hélicoptère CH-148 Cyclone « CANUCK » embarqué du NCSM Vancouver vole à proximité du NM Asterix, dans l’océan Pacifique, le 1er décembre 2023. Photo : Aviateur Gregory Cole, Forces armées canadiennes

CFB Esquimalt members gather for a photo with Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Kevin Bieksa during a ship visit on Jan. 20 as part of Hockey Day in Canada activities. Photo: Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada

Hockey dreams coming true

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — Playing hockey with a childhood goaltending idol was a moment to remember for Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Randy Collens of Naval Fleet School (Pacific). The goaltender with the CFB Esquimalt men’s and senior men’s Tritons hockey teams met Bill Ranford as they shared goaltending duties in this year’s Hockey Day […]