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HMCS Regina Prepares for RIMPAC a Member of HMCS Regina’S Dive Team Enters the Water to Conduct a Hull Search Dive While Preparing for RIMPAC on June 23 Volume 65 Number 25 | June 29, 2020 LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news WE ARE BACK OPEN! LookoutNavyNews SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE! newspaper.com COME SHOP! CANADIAN MILITARY’S Mon to Friday 9am to 5pm MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE Sat / Sun 10 to 5pm HMCS Regina prepares for RIMPAC A member of HMCS Regina’s Dive Team enters the water to conduct a hull search dive while preparing for RIMPAC on June 23. 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I know we will adhere to the Canadian Armed This week we join (virtual) hands with our les- Forces core values of respect and dignity for our All Military Discounts honoured on hardware bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and 2-spir- LGBTQ2+ community. ited (LGBTQ2+) service people and Defence I am truly pleased to raise the Pride flag over Direct Service Line Team members to celebrate the diversity of the the Formation in June to demonstrate our solidar- www.PricesLock.com Canadian Armed Forces and our community. ity with our LGBTQ2+ soldiers, sailors, aviators, 250-384-4105 Even if most events are scaled back or delivered civilians, and community members showcasing SaanichSaanich DowntownDowntown Westshore #8-6014-601 Boleskin Boleskinee RoRoadad 111984 Blanshard7 Fort Stre Streetet 120-2806 Jacklin Road virtually while B.C. continues to “be kind, be the inclusivity and diversity of the CAF, and the 250-384-4105250-384-4105 250-940-1626250-940-1626 250-391-5557 calm, and be safe”, let’s take the time to celebrate pride we all share in serving Canada. our diversity, even if it is in small ways. 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June 29 at Duntze Head. effort to showcase the “Flying the Pride flag The base is bolstering its People attending this event military’s commitment to across the base during commemoration of Victoria are advised to respect diversity and inclusion. Pride week represents our Pride Week 2020 by raising COVID-19 physical dis- “In past years, CFB commitment to promoting the rainbow flag for seven tancing measures. Esquimalt has raised the a more diverse and inclu- Proud to days in three locations. For the past few years, flag on the last Sunday of sive Defence Team, and Each morning, from June Pride has been recognized Pride week to coincide our promise to continue to 29 to July 5, the rainbow with a single flag-raising with the Pride parade,” said learn from our members to serve flag will be hoisted high ceremony on one day at Jones. “Given this gesture ensure everyone has a safe atop flag poles located at Nelles Block. The new ini- previously took place over and respectful workplace Esquimalt– Nelles Block in Naden, tiative to raise three flags a weekend in the summer, to come to each and every Dockyard’s Duntze Head, was organized by Maritime the message was not reach- day,” he said. and at Work Point. Forces Pacific (MARPAC) ing a wide audience within The Victoria Pride Society Saanich– Also, an official flag-rais- Positive Space Working the defence team, so this recently announced the ing ceremony will be con- Group (PSWG). year the decision was made cancellation of several in- Sooke Alli Jones, a member of to enhance these efforts.” person Pride events for this The PSWG was stood up year’s annual celebration in 2019 and is made up of due to COVID-19 physical 18 military and civilian vol- distancing precautions. The rainbow flag is a symbol unteers. Members carry out However many of of LGBTQ2+ pride. It was first initiatives to support diver- the most popular events sity and create a sense of including its Pride Parade flown at San Francisco’s Gay belonging for members of and Big Gay Dog Walk will Freedom Day Parade in 1978, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, live on in the virtual world Randall Garrison, MP Transgender, Queer or with the society broadcast- 2904 Tillicum Road, Victoria BC V9A 2A5 replacing the pink triangle. Questioning and Two-Spirit ing social media participa- people (LGBTQ2+) within tion through its YouTube 10 am – 4 pm, Monday–Thursday or by appointment It has become a symbol Maritime Forces Pacific. channel. synonymous for Gay Pride Capt(N) Sam Sader, Base For more informa- 250-405-6550 [email protected] Commander, is helping lead tion visit their web page: www.RandallGarrison.ndp.ca celebrations across Canada the effort to emphasize the https://victoriapridesociety. and the world. importance and bolster the org/events/ RGarrison-Standing-Lookout-202002.indd 1 2020-02-21 12:33 PM 4 • LOOKOUT June 29, 2020 OPINION of WHO WE ARE WHAT SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 matters [email protected] STAFF WRITERS Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 [email protected] “HMCS Sackville” PRODUCTION By Garth Paul Ukrainetz, Poet Laureate of the Blackmud Creek Teresa Laird 250-363-8033 [email protected] Bill Cochrane 250-363-8033 [email protected] ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS/RECEPTION 250-363-3372 SALES REPRESENTATIVES Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 [email protected] Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 [email protected] Brad Schneider 250-880-2705 [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORS A/SLt Michelle Scott 250-363-4006 Katelyn Moores 250-363-7060 Published each Monday, under the authority of Capt(N) Sam Sader, Base Commander.
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