News Releases

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Public Notices

• 5/13/2003 - Water-Borne Spill Response
  Although the Department of National Defence (DND) takes every reasonable step to avoid potentially harmful spills, accidents do occur.  To minimize the environmental impact of such of an incident, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt has established spill response programs that outline unit and individual responsibilities with respect to prevention and response to a spill.

• 4/29/2003 - THE CFB ESQUIMALT NUCLEAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
  Although the likelihood of there ever being an accident involving a nuclear-propelled submarine or ship at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is infinitesimally small, the base maintains a well-equipped and highly trained Nuclear Emergency Response Team to ensure the safety of nuclear-propelled vessel visits to Esquimalt Harbour.

• 3/1/1999 - CANADIAN FORCES BASE ESQUIMALT - SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
  CFB Esquimalt is not only one of Victoria's oldest corporate citizens, with a history that dates back to the late 1700s, it is also one of its largest--in more ways than one.

• 5/3/2002 - MARITIME FORCES PACIFIC NUCLEAR PROPELLED VESSEL ACCIDENTS
  The base maintains a well-equipped and trained Nuclear Emergency Response Team to ensure the safety of nuclear-propelled vessel visits to Esquimalt Harbour.  There are two conceivable types of accidents for which the NERT is trained: the contained or the uncontained.

• 10/1/2001 - CANADA'S PACIFIC NAVAL FLEET SERVES BRITISH COLUMBIA
  British Columbia's economy and standard of living are directly linked to our involvement in the world market place, the free movement of shipping and the sustainable exploitation of ocean resources. What happens on the ocean, anywhere in the world, is important for residents of British Columbia. The ocean is a major factor affecting the provinces economic well being. Goods and services moved from British Columbia to Asian countries is exceeded only by trade with the United States. The sea-lanes of transportation to our trading partners across the Pacific Ocean are the shortest from the Port of Vancouver. Vancouver is Canada's busiest seaport and the second busiest in North America. Additionally, the fishing industry and recreational boating are major sectors of the province's economy. Canada has a Navy because our country is a maritime nation.