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Harper Government Announces New Inshore Rescue Boat Station and Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Assets in Vancouver Harbour

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Randy Kamp, Parliamentary Secretary of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced on behalf of Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, a new Canadian Coast Guard inshore rescue boat station at the Royal Canadian Navy facility HMCS Discovery in downtown Vancouver, to better serve the Vancouver area mariner. The station will provide search and rescue (SAR) services in the Vancouver Harbour and surrounding area, supplementing the robust SAR presence already present.

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Annual Closing of Seasonal Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Stations in Ontario

The Canadian Coast Guard reminds boaters on the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay and the St. Lawrence River that seasonal Search and Rescue Stations are closed during winter. Rescue boats cannot be operated in ice-infested waters, nor is navigation safe under the prevailing conditions.

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Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent Returns from the Arctic

The Honourable Gail Shea, Acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen’s Privy Council and the Regional Minister for Newfoundland and Labrador, today congratulated the crew and researchers aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent who returned to St. John’s on November 18^th after completing summer operations in the Arctic.

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Annual Closing of Seasonal Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Bases

The Canadian Coast Guard will close its seasonal search and rescue bases in the Quebec City, Tadoussac, Kegaska, Rivière-au-Renard and Havre St-Pierre areas on or about November 30, 2012. The Cap-aux-Meules base will close on December 31.

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Ministers Shea And Mackay Present the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.

The Honourable Gail Shea, acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, today presented the second of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Hero class vessels, the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C.

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The Honourable Gail Shea, acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and John Butler, Assistant Commissioner Canadian Coast Guard, along with Ginette Neveu-Kaeble and Micheline Kaeble-Hébert present the CCGS Caporal Kaeble V.C. Tuesday in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The vessel is the latest addition to the Canadian Coast Guard fleet and is named for Joseph Kaeble, the first French-Canadian to win the Victoria Cross.

Government Welcomes Canadian Coast Guard Ships Home After Successful Trip to the Arctic

The Honourable Gail Shea, Acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Honourable Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council and the Regional Minister for Newfoundland and Labrador, today welcomed home the crews of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Terry Fox and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Henry Larsen from operations in the Arctic.

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Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier Returns from the Arctic

The Honourable Gail Shea, Acting Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), is pleased to welcome back the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier and its 32 crew members. The ship is returning from nearly four months in the Arctic.

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CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Search for Sir John Franklin’s lost ships

DFO's Canadian Hydrographic Service and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) are pleased to be key partners in the Parks Canada-led 2012 Search for Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus. Track the whereabouts of the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker supporting this expedition on our interactive map.

The CCGS Vladykov

On Friday, August 24, the Canadian Coast Guard welcomed a new vessel to its fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The CCGS Vladykov is a near-shore fishery research vessel. The Honourable Keith Ashfield Minister of Fisheries and Oceans with Mrs. Nadya Clowes and Ms. Kyra Fisher of the Vladykov Family, sponsors of the vessel, and John Butler Assistant Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard.

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