Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Mike Kelloway, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, and Gary Ivany, Assistant Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic Region, on behalf Mario Pelletier, Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard, will welcome the new search and rescue lifeboat CCGS La Poile Bay with a dedication to service ceremony.
Ensuring that Canadian Coast Guard personnel have the equipment they need to keep Canada’s waterways open and safe is a key priority for the Government of Canada.
The Canadian Coast Guard, Transport Canada, and Northumberland Ferries Limited will provide updates on the recent emergency response assistance for the M/V Holiday Island ferry.
Today, the Canadian Coast Guard officially dedicated into service the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) John Cabot. This is the third of three Offshore Fisheries Science vessels built under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. These unique vessels serve as floating laboratories outfitted with modern research equipment to collect the data needed for the sustainable management of Canada’s oceans and aquatic resources.
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, on behalf of the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will attend a Canadian Coast Guard dedication to service ceremony for the Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel CCGS John Cabot.
Originally christened the Canadian Scientific Ship (CSS) Hudson, the vessel was delivered to the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys (now Natural Resources Canada) and entered service in 1963.
For 60 years, the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has played an essential role in ensuring the protection of Canada’s marine environment through supporting ocean sciences on its vessels. For 59 of those years one vessel was at the forefront of all of Canada’s oceanographic science work: the CCGS Hudson.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Mike Kelloway, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray; Mario Pelletier, Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard; along with Gary Ivany, Assistant Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic Region will host a celebration of 59 years of service of the renowned CCGS Hudson. The decommissioning of the CCGS Hudson was announced in January 2022.
The Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) annual Arctic operational season is underway. In total, seven CCG icebreakers are scheduled to deploy from June into November to support northern communities and operational and program commitments.
The Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat station in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut is now open for the season. The station is crewed by Indigenous members hired and trained by the Canadian Coast Guard under Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan.
