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Master Sailor Rommel Billanes

Sailor serves up breakfast to celebrate birthday

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  —  HMCS Calgary Master Sailor (MS) Rommel Billanes loves volunteering because it nurtures his compassion for others while enriching their lives. On March 23, he lived up to that mantra by hopping behind the grill and serving a complimentary nutritious breakfast to approximately 200 beneficiaries at Victoria’s Our Place Society Community Centre. The […]

Well-loved sports stores worker honoured

Well-loved sports stores worker honoured

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  — Visitors to the Naden Athletic Centre (NAC) Sports Stores kiosk have remarked how it seems different since Personnel Support Programs (PSP) worker Bruce Hannam is no longer there handing out sports equipment or uniforms to anyone who needs them. Hannam’s coworkers, friends and family members gathered at the Sports Stores kiosk on […]

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class (CPO1) Paul Fenton of the Personnel Coordination Centre (Pacific) shows off his bike and cycling gear at Duntze Head, April 5. CPO1 Fenton is an ambassador for this year’s Navy Bike Ride, which takes place on May 25. Photo: Peter Mallett, Lookout

CFB Esquimalt to see revamped Navy Bike Ride

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — This year’s in-person Navy Bike Ride has shifted gears from last year’s event at Belmont Park in Colwood. It features a new course designed for fun, exercise and camaraderie along the scenic cycling trails of Victoria. Participating members will see fewer steep inclines covering a looping course along the Capital Regional District’s regional trails […]