FIRST KISS Lottery Winner for the First Homecoming Kiss Slt Kassandra O’Rourke Smooches Her Partner of Seven Years Eleni Holmes on HMCS Ottawa’S Gangplank
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Gainer The Gopher, the official mascot team that represents our namesake city that The ship’s unofficial No. of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, made is so well connected with us; it raises our 1 Riders fan, Lt(N) Tracy the successful jump from football field to morale and gives us all a symbol to rally Tkachuk, helped facilitate frigate, spending a day with sailors aboard around.” the visit with the Riders HMCS Regina. The trip was a thanks to the ship for fly- and their film crew. He The furry ground squirrel was accom- ing the Riders colors and being international grew up in Saskatchewan panied on Sunday Aug. 6 by Roughriders ambassadors for the team. and describes himself as a President and Chief Executive Officer Craig A barbecue lunch was held under a mas- die-hard fan. He was the Reynolds and two staff. sive Roughriders’ flag that draped from the sailor who won the ship’s “We were excited to come out to Victoria ship’s hangar. The flag was donated to the official mascot contest and visit the ship because it is such a special ship by Regina elementary school École St. to name Gainer’s naval relationship we have with HMCS Regina,” Andrew in 2014. The ship and her colos- cousin back in 2003, com- said Reynolds. “We are very aware of their sal flag promote the CFL team around the ing up with the appro- strong naval connection to our city, and it’s world when the ship is deployed. priate tag of Gunner the A Saskatchewan Roughriders football autographed by always nice to reinforce that connection to Following a tour of the ship, Gainer was Gopher. members of the team was presented to HMCS Regina’s the navy and our football team.” put to work, starring in a promotional video Gunner’s CFL cousin Commanding Officer, Commander Colin Matthews by Reynolds presented Commander Colin that unites the Saskatchewan Roughriders enjoys celebrity status in Roughriders’ President/CEO Craig Reynolds. Matthews, Regina’s Commanding Officer, with the warship. Two members of the Regina, and is an old pro at with a gift bag stuffed with Roughriders Riders’ Public Affairs staff filmed the video shooting comedic videos. The visit by the Roughriders concluded souvenirs including a team flag and auto- and said the final edited version will appear “Once they started shooting he was all the long weekend of football-themed fes- graphed football signed by members of the on the team’s official website later this year. business just the way he is when he performs tivities for HMCS Regina. The day before, team. For the filming, Gainer visited the ship’s at the stadium,” said Lt(N) Tkachuk. “Craig a delegation of crew and family mem- “The relationship we have with the Riders bridge where he sat in the captain’s chair, [Reynolds] and I were laughing pretty hard bers attended the Roughriders’ clash with sounded the alarm, helped at some of Gainer’s antics and the stunts the B.C. Lions in Vancouver. Although the maintain the vessel’s 57 he pulled. I’m looking forward to seeing it Roughriders slipped to a record of two wins mm gun, took a ride on when it airs, and I’m certain other Riders’ and four losses, with a 30-15 defeat, the set- a Rigid-Hulled Inflatable fans will be talking about it and creating a back didn’t faze the sailors or detract from Boat, stopped by the gal- buzz on fan forums.” the fun. Photos by Peter Mallett, Lookout Newspaper Saskatchewan Roughriders mascot Gainer the Gopher Personnel from HMCS Regina (left to right): Lt(N) Craig Newman, Lt(N) Jessica MacMillan, MS Jamie Boparai, Cdr gets a greeting from Riders fan Prairie Tkachuk, daughter Colin Matthews, and SLt Dan Presseau gather on the flight deck with Saskatchewan Roughriders’ mascot Gainer of HMCS Regina’s Lt(N) Tracy Tkachuk. the Gopher and ship’s mascot Gunner the Gopher (right). August 14, 2017 LOOKOUT • 3 The place to be before downtown We’ll shuttle you! Call for pick up 250-363-6028 RAID OF DIEPPE Naden Band set to honour UPCOMING EVENTS As Aug. 19 approaches, Canadians from all walks of life will remember the sacrifices soldiers made in the face of insurmountable challenges 75 years ago. The Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy will represent the Royal Canadian Navy at four 75th Anniversary ceremonies held in Dieppe, Puys and Pourville over two days. Pacifi c Fleet Club For more information, go to www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/dieppe-raid/75-anniversary is your social hub! PO2 Katrina Bligh swept into the town itself half an hour bination of the seawall, jammed tires, Aug 26th – Naden Band later. The 14th Canadian Army Tank and heavy fire. Regiment of Calgary would provide There were small groups of men from Mayweather On August 19th, 1942, more than armoured support for the infantrymen the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry vs McGregor! 6,000 Allied forces initiated the Dieppe and the Royal Air Force would engage and Essex Scottish Regiment who Raid, code name Operation Jubilee, on the Luftwaffe in the skies. The primary were able to enter the town, but their The PFC is bringing you thehe a 16-kilometer stretch of heavily forti- objective was to capture and hold progress was small and the toll was grudge match of the year.r. fied coastline in occupied northern Dieppe for 12 hours before retreating heavy. The only contingent to reach Time to be announced. France. That day was to become the and destroying whatever facilities they their objective was the Commandos Don’t miss it! bloodiest chapter for Canadian soldiers could. at Orange Beach, who destroyed the in the whole of the Second World War. Before it even began, the success of coastal battery at Varengeville. Three years into the war, the Allies Operation Jubilee was compromised At 0940 the raid was abandoned were faced with a grim outlook. by several factors. French double agents and evacuation from the main beaches German U-Boats were inflicting heavy had alerted the Germans to Allied began. interest in northern France. The Allies casualties in the North Atlantic, enemy By 1400 all operational amphibious vastly underestimated the fortifications troops were penetrating steadily into craft departed, leaving 1,950 trapped and readiness of German troops. the Soviet Union and North Africa, or injured Allied troops to surrender The planning for the raid was also and ‘Fortress Europe’ was considered and become POWs for the remainder insufficient, as all the exercises had nigh impregnable. In these dire cir- of the war. been held on sandy beaches as opposed cumstances, a plan began to take shape Almost all units suffered heavy to the pebble beaches at Dieppe that to capture and briefly hold Dieppe, a losses, but of particular note was the jammed and incapacitated the tanks. fortified port within striking distance Royal Regiment of Canada whose 556 This raid was also a trial by fire for new of the Royal Air Force’s fighter aircraft. men were either killed or captured at military technologies, mainly the Tank Puys. One of the few survivors from Aug 30th - Paint Nite The objectives of this fledging Landing Craft and Churchill Tank. Blue beach was a local Victoria man plan were ambitious. They included Before the break of dawn, the raid Unleash your inner artist at the PFC. Doors Open at by the name of Henry Arthur Slater the destruction of Dieppe’s military began as the western and eastern 6:00. Mess Members can purchase tickets at the PFC! (1920-1964), who served under the defences, shipping and airfield facili- flanks engaged the coastal batteries at Third Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft ties, power stations, radar, and the cap- Orange and Yellow beach. The hostili- Regiment. He managed to climb the ture of documents from the German ties immediately alerted the Germans barbed wire-strewn cliffs and take New Summer Bar Hours! divisional headquarters at Arques.