HMCS FREDERICTON RETURNS

Today marks the first day the crew of HMCS Fredericton will step off the ship since losing six service members in a tragic Cyclone helicopter crash in April.

The Halifax-class frigate is to return home to Halifax after a six-month deployment overseas for Operation Reassurance, a NATO training mission.

But the COVID-19 pandemic prevents family members and friends from welcoming the crew of more than 200 service members in person at the Halifax dockyard.