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The ceremonial puck drop from left to right is MWO Marc Pacaud, Major Renald Nelson WCEO, MWO Daryl Foster and MCpl Frank McCafferty

By WO Dave MacAulay, 8 Wing Construction Engineering

8 Wing Trenton hosted the 2012 Central Region Beaver Cup Hockey Tournament from the 1st of April to the 4th at the RCAF Flyers Arena. This hockey tournament has been a long standing…

Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School Celebrates

Hundreds of students, politicians, military personnel and members of the public gathered at the Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School in Courtenay, BC, on 9 March 2012 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the school's renaming and to recognize the Sapper for whom the school was…

Sheet metal formed and seamed into 5’ sections are lifted into position onto a concrete pony wall.

4 Construction Engineering Squadron has been training successive rotations of High Readiness (HR) Construction Engineers (CE) for several years now. Originally driven by the need to send ready trained personnel off to the mission in Camp Mirage or Kandahar, MSE Construction…

MCpl Dan Robinson marks a point along Birch Brook Ski course with his global positioning system devices. This will help him produce an accurate map of the Club's trail system.

By Cpl Krista Blizzard - 5 Wing Goose Bay

MCpl Dan Robinson and Pte Ryan Jackson are Geomatics Technicians (GEO TECHs) with Four Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR). They were here in Goose Bay in February for NORTHERN SAPPER, an exercise hosted…

IED Training in Comox

By Lt Elyann Périard-Fournier, EOD Tp Comd, 5e RGC

On Sunday January 19, nine Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Disposal Operators and Operator Assistants from 5 RGC flew out to Comox, BC, in order to participate to EX OPÉRATEURS AVERTIS with…

Troops are setting up their sleds and preparing to step off

By Cpl Robinson, Construction Troop, 25 Cbt Sp Sqn, 2 CER

25 Cbt Sp Sqn of 2 CER, with a few pers from RHQ and 28 CSS Sqn, made their way to Thorne, Ontario for Ex NORTHERN BEAVER from 13-17 Feb 2012.

The intent of the Squadron…

Members of 4 Engineer Support Regiment practice weapons training in snow and icy conditions at 5 Wing during exercise NORTHERN SAPPER. It is important to hone these skills as there are many challenges to working with equipment in an arctic environment.

Over 200 Canadian Forces Military Engineers out of Gagetown descended upon 5 Wing Goose Bay this past February. 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR) came to the Base in order to take part in Exercise NORTHERN SAPPER conducted on the Wing from Feb.17 through 29.

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CO 5 CER, LCol Levasseur, and Regimental Sergeant-Major, CWO Rivard, thank Maj Southwood and his team from 1 CER, Capt Lake and MWO Lapointe.

By Capt Cheung, Intelligence Officer, 5 CER

5th Combat Engineer Regiment (5 CER) hosted members of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) on February 29th. The aim of this meeting was to present feedback to 5 CER leadership regarding their…