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• 12/12/2006 - Navy Holiday Tradition Approaching
  The 19th Annual Navy Lighting Contest is now less than one week away.  This display of festive lighting will occur at CFB Esquimalt nightly from 6 to 9 p.m. December 14 to 24.  This 11-night contest challenges six ships and 12 buildings against each other in an effort to impress visitors, but with the real aim of helping out the Mustard Seed Food Bank.

• 12/12/2006 - Navy Ship Hosts Children’s Community Christmas Party
  With their ship in refit, the crew of HMCS Protecteur will host the 20th annual Children’s Community Christmas Party aboard substitute HMCS Algonquin Thursday afternoon.  Supported by the Esquimalt Lions Club, and the “Friends of HMCS Protecteur” community group, the ship will host about 45 children from MacAulay, Lake Hill, Tillicum, Lampson, and Mckenzie Elementary Schools.

• 12/8/2006 - Joint Task Force Pacific Hosts International Meeting
  Joint Task Force Pacific and CFB Esquimalt’s Warfare Training Division is hosting the Pacific North West Tactical Data Link Working Group in Esquimalt on December 7-8.  The group of military and other government officials will meet to discuss the way ahead for Tactical Data Link, a system that provides a real-time warfare picture that can be shared among fighting units.

• 12/8/2006 - HMCS ORIOLE Sails In Local Parades
  The crew of HMCS Oriole will sail in three boat parades this weekend held in local area harbours in the spirit of the holiday season.

• 11/29/2006 - Canadian Forces Assists With Avalanche Control
  Are you among the 2,800 daily motorists who travel the Trans-Canada Highway through Rogers Pass during the treacherous winter months?  Perhaps you regularly make use of the route because you are a resident of one of the many communities surrounding the Pass.  Maybe you truck on through the Pass in your 18-wheeler because it’s your livelihood.  Or you may be a tourist, passing through to access a favourite ski resort, campsite or hiking trail.  Whatever your reason, your ability to safely transit this 18 km stretch of highway can be greatly credited to the efforts of Canadian soldiers who help Parks Canada with avalanche control.