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A music video poking fun at officers sparked a country-wide search within the Royal Canadian Navy for the culprit who made the parody as well as threats to sailors that even watching the spoof would result in punishment. The video emerged on YouTube in February 2020 after news reports that the second-in-command of HMCS Calgary was relieved of his duties after disabling the smoke and heat detectors in the warship’s wardroom so he could smoke. The disabling of those safety systems took place less than two weeks after a fire broke out in the engine room of HMCS Calgary, causing...

The Royal Canadian Navy is looking to buy 180,000 pairs of grey, lightweight underwear with “good moisture management.”In an online notice published Friday on the government’s public works website, the Navy outlined its undergarment needs and asked for industry input on how it can develop and buy “temperate drawers” that comply with its rigorous standards.

ABOARD HMCS TORONTO and TORONTO - An apparent breakdown in communications between federal emergency officials and the crew of Canadian navy ships en route to help victims of Hurricane Katrina left sailors scrambling to buy $1-million in relief supplies in Halifax stores rather than dipping into stockpiles of emergency gear. Navy supply officers went on a shopping spree for everything from chainsaws to diaper cream in the four days before a Canadian task force sailed for the disaster area this week. Navy personnel told the National Post that repeated calls to Public Security and Emergency Preparedness Canada went unanswered over...

Navy sends two to sea Iroquois, Fredericton off to Arabian Sea CREDIT: FILE HMCS Iroquois is shown last year. Two Halifax-based warships will soon sail for the Middle East. HMCS Iroquois will be ready to sail for the Arabian Sea in about 10 days. HMCS Fredericton will go once it can get a helicopter crew together. “Fredericton, basically, is ready,” said Lt.-Cmdr. Denise LaViolette of navy public affairs. The frigate was supposed to leave port this coming Monday. But now National Defence is giving Iroquois, a destroyer, priority, and it will get the Sea King meant originally meant for Fredericton....