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Two flu shot clinic options at 14 Wing today and Tuesday:

All this week's news from 14 Wing Greenwood: pick up a free paper from news stands between Coldbrook and Middleton, or read in full online at auroranewspaper.com.

Sockin' it to ya! Congrats to the 14 Wing Combined Charities fall Soup & Sock drive: great results for Open Arms!

Walk-in COVID-19 testing for non-symptomatic people at the Berwick & District Volunteer Fire Department Sunday and Monday and in Town Of Middleton Monday and Tuesday; details on attending at this link:

COVID-19 state of emergency renewed to November 1: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20201016006

Gary Galley, left, Welsford, and his half-brother, Blair Misner, Coldbrook; had a Remembrance Day mission, arriving at the Berwick cenotaph well before invited dignitaries and a far smaller crowd than in years past. Their grandmother, Alice Galley, was presented a Silver Cross upon the loss of her son, Harold, killed in action in Antwerp in the Second World War. Galley says his father told him he remembers the day the Baptist minister from the Aldershot church, the Army’s des...ignated notifier in the community, visited their home. Harold was one of three brothers serving and, when the minister came, my grandmother had no idea which one he was coming to tell her about, he says. This cross has been passed through the family and, 15 years ago, the aunts and uncles gave it to me. Galley was a paramedic, and is a volunteer firefighter and a Mason with the Masonic Hall-Berwick. He thinks about this cross all the time, keeping it safe at home and ensuring it is either at the Kentville, Nova Scotia or Town of Berwick cenotaph on November 11. I’m looking now at where I pass it in years to come, among all the family’s cousins and nieces and nephews. Today, this is where it is going to be at 11 a.m. #weremember See more

Royal Canadian Legion Ortona Branch 69 president Peter Rigby lowers the flags at the Berwick cenotaph, in preparation for a COVID-19 reduced 2020 Remembrance Day service. #weremember

Hey 14 Wing and Kingston/Greenwood Community, I wanted to provide a short update regarding some COVID related concerns over the past few days. There was a possi...ble COVID exposure to a 14 Wing member identified yesterday. However, every step was followed by the individual as directed by Nova Scotia’s health regulations and the member has now tested negative. Here at the Wing, we took rapid measures to keep all of our members safe. We had the individual isolate, as directed by 811, limited the traffic into and out of the member’s workplace to limit any possible exposure, and we initiated contact tracing to determine who may have been exposed if the member were to have tested positive. All in all, the fact that the member followed the provincial rules and the Wing’s directives and that the unit in question took decisive action in line with our established COVID procedures led to the best outcome where the members of our Wing and community are safe. On another note, our members have come back from Op NEON in Japan. To ensure the protection of the Wing and community we are employing a layered risk mitigation strategy to keep everyone safe. This strategy is mirroring the similar procedures we used earlier this fall, and which were successful in managing the risks related to international travel. This means that some of them will be isolating on the Wing. They will have some restricted areas outdoors where they are allowed to go to get some fresh air but other than that, they will be isolating in the barracks. Because of the success of the past, we do not anticipate any additional risk here at the Wing. While I can understand that some folks may be feeling distressed by potential local cases of COVID and rumours may abound, I ask that everyone do their part to tamp down misinformation. Nova Scotia is still one of the safest places in the country to be, the Valley is even safer yet, and 14 Wing is taking all necessary steps to keep you safe and healthy. Stay safe, stay healthy and importantly.... Stay calm, and carry on. The Aurora News Greenwood Military Family Resource Centre 14 Wing Greenwood Military Families 14 Wing Community Network for COVID-19 Support and Resources

Nova Scotians: download the COVID Alert app. It will support efforts to contact trace new cases. #staysafestayhealthy https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20201015001

November 11 at 8 p.m. AST, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission encourages Canadians to take a moment and look up to the stars to remember the fallen. #ShineOn is an inclusive, accessible, digital remembrance event. Canadians are invited to take a few selfless minutes to remember those who fought so we can live today. Use the hashtag #ShineOn to share memories about fallen family members or friends. There is also a virtual experience on the CWGC website to allow people to n...ame stars after commonwealth war dead. This year, Remembrance Day will take a on a different form for the first time since Canadians observed it November 11, 1931. On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the CWGC is committed to honouring fallen Canadians despite restrictions on traditional Remembrance Day gatherings due to COVID-19. Photo: Nova Scotia’s Dark Sky Preserve, over Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site

14 Wing folks: check your unit for a drop box and get your soup and socks in!

14 Wing Greenwood command and personnel are prepared to mark Remembrance Day 2020 tomorrow, November 11:

Grade 10 students from Middleton Regional High School were the only Nova Scotians to take part in this year’s national No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation project, visiting Old Holy Trinity Cemetery in Middleton to remember the lives of Commonwealth airmen killed during Second World War training at CFB Greenwood. The students walked from MRHS to the cemetery November 5, a beautiful fall afternoon, and recited the names of the servicemen and their home country, before plac...ing a poppy atop each headstone. A piper and bugler from the 14 Wing Greenwood bands, 14 Wing chaplain Captain Maya Bevan and Old Holy Trinity Reverend Paul Jennings added music, words of remembrance and prayers to complete the service, with a handful of spectators standing off to the edges. No Stone Left Alone marks its 10th anniversary in 2020, with over 65,000 poppies placed by 12,300 students at gravesites in 120 cemeteries across Canada during that time. The Middleton event is a second occurrence, thanks to the efforts of volunteer John Maceachern beginning in 2019. Maceachern opened the service thanking students for their support of No Stone Left Alone. He shared a letter written to them from program founder and president, Maureen Bianchini Purvis. Our world is constantly changing, and we are all looking for the comfort of peace, she wrote. Today, those of you who are here to honour our veterans, I want you to know that, with this small act of respect and honour, you truly are making a difference. You are setting an example for our youth that, no matter what happens in our daily lives, we must and we will remember them. Maceachern added: This class you should be proud of yourselves. You are the only class representing Nova Scotia in this national movement in 2020. Congratulations. Due to COVID-19, spectators were few, participants wore masks and everyone spaced apart from each other in the cemetery. While Bianchini Purvis had written, We all are very aware today of the difference a year can make from 2019 services, Maceachern wished everyone well in the days and months of life ahead in a pandemic. Go home. Be safe See more

14 Wing Greenwood-based CP140 Aurora will join Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft from across Canada in community flybys November 11, helping mark Remembrance Day 2020. With COVID-19 restrictions in place across the country, the RCAF encourages Canadians to mark Remembrance Day from their homes to the greatest extent possible, and observe flybys in the skies overhead. The Aurora will fly at various times throughout the day over Bridgewater (11 a.m.), Lunenburg (11:03 a.m.), Ma...hone Bay (11:05 a.m.), Parkdale (11:12 a.m.), New Germany (11:15 a.m.) and Chelsea (11:19 a.m.). RCAF peers at 12 Wing Shearwater will fly their CH148 Cyclone over 12 Wing, Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage and Sullivan’s Pond. The aircraft will fly at minimum altitudes above the highest obstacle in their path. Flybys conducted by RCAF aircraft are carefully planned and closely controlled for public safety, and are dependent upon weather and flying conditions. See more

14 Wing Remembrance Day information for ceremonies held outside of 14 Wing: Provincial restrictions on gatherings apply; no Canadian Armed Forces members will participate in a formed parade (this includes honour guard, colour party and marching contingents). 14 Wing will be providing, as requested by Legions: cenotaph sentries, members to lay wreaths, and the support of buglers and pipers. All CAF members who attend a Remembrance Day ceremony shall wear a mask, maintain appr...opriate social distancing, and adhere to all personal health measures. Members are advised they must adhere to all provincial regulations for gatherings in public. The following Legions are having small ceremonies: Middleton, Kentville, Windsor, Annapolis Royal, Bridgewater and Kingston. Personnel are strongly encouraged to watch Remembrance Day ceremonies on social media/ television. The Annapolis Mess will be open at 10 a.m., and the Ottawa ceremony will be shown on the big screen. Dress is DEU 1A for those who wish to attend. The bar will be open. _____ Pour les cérémonies tenues à l'extérieur de la 14e Escadre, des restrictions provinciales sur les rassemblements s'appliquent; aucun membre des FAC ne participera à un défilé formé (cela comprend la garde d'honneur, le parti de la couleur et les contingents en marche). L'escadre fournira les éléments suivants à la demande des légions; Sentinelles du cénotaphe, membres pour déposer des couronnes et soutien d'un clairon et d'un pipier. Tous les membres des FAC qui assistent à une cérémonie du jour du Souvenir doivent porter un masque, maintenir une distance sociale appropriée et adhérer à toutes les mesures de santé personnelles. Les membres sont avisés qu'ils doivent respecter tous les règlements provinciaux pour les rassemblements en public. Les légions suivantes tiennent une petite cérémonie: Middleton, Kentville, Windsor, Annapolis Royal, Bridgewater et Kingston. Le personnel est fortement encouragé à regarder les cérémonies du jour du Souvenir sur les médias sociaux / à la télévision; Le mess d'Annapolis sera ouvert à 10 h, heure locale, et la cérémonie d'Ottawa sera diffusée sur grand écran. La tenue uniforme est DEU 1A pour ceux qui souhaitent y assister. Le bar sera ouvert.

Happy 60th service birthday to our 14 Wing Hercs, crew and techs!

14 Wing Recreation Card holders The 14 Wing gymnasium has been available to all recreation card holders for several weeks now. Safety protocols are in place to ensure the safety of everyone who uses our facility: these include moving of equipment to maximize space to enable physical distancing, new cleaning measures, health screening and the wearing of non-medical masks. 14 Wing military duty personnel augment the Personal Support Program staff to ensure compliance so we may ...Continue reading

All this week's news from 14 Wing Greenwood: pick up your free paper from news stands between Coldbrook and Middleton, or read in full online at auroranewspaper.com.

Canadian Forces Newspapers Youth Reporter Competition This year’s Youth Reporter Competition is open until December 31 for youth from military families between the ages of 13 and 18. To participate, youth simply share a story about their life experiences being part of our Canadian military community. For information on the contest rules and submission requirements, visit: https://www.cafconnection.ca//Youth-Reporter-Competition.a

Kings West MLA and now former Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister Leo Glavine becomes Minister of the Department of Health and Wellness, effective immediately, as Premier Stephen McNeil shuffled several cabinet responsibilities this morning. Glavine previously served as minister of the department from 2013-2017. He will continue to serve as Minister of Seniors. Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, MLA for Lunenburg, joins cabinet as Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage and M...inister of Gaelic Affairs. Minister of Immigration, Acadian Affairs and Francophonie, Lena Metlege Diab, MLA for Halifax Armdale, will also take over as Minister of the Department of Labour and Advanced Education. Derek Mombourquette, MLA for Sydney Whitney Pier and Minister of Energy and Mines, also becomes Minister of the Department of Lands and Forestry. Rafah DiCostanzo, MLA for Clayton Park West, was named chair of the government caucus. See more

Starting November 9 at 11 a.m. at 7Arts 619 Central Ave. in Greenwood: Life through a Mask is a free, four-week art therapy workshop geared towards military personnel, veterans and other first responders. Local artist and veteran Marc Deveault will facilitate the group in making a mask, a tangible reflection for participants to take with them. In addition, registered counselling therapist and certified art therapist Sarah Osborne will offer informal education around the bra...in in trauma, and how art can be a resourceful, safe and creative outlet when living with a mental illness. Mondays, November 9, 16, 23 and 30; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Participants are encouraged to come to all four sessions.) No artistic skills needed. Register: [email protected] 7Arts adheres to the government's regulations for COVID-19. Social distancing and masks are required. Surfaces are sanitized regularly.

All this week's news from 14 Wing Greenwood: pick up a free issue from news stands between Coldbrook and Middleton, or read in full online at auroranewspaper.com.

In support of various paving projects on 14 Wing Greenwood roadways, a number of road disruptions or closures are planned for the week of October 12: Church Street/ Chimo Road - stop and go traffic from 7 a.m., Monday, October 12, to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 14 Administration Drive - stop and go traffic from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 12; and 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 16 Schooner Drive (east end, from Hangar 14, east to Buffalo Drive) - full closure ...from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 12; and 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 16 Schooner Drive (west end, from Hangar 14, west to Tusker Lane) full closure from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 13; and 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 15 All vehicle traffic is requested to avoid construction areas if possible. See more

Notice to 14 Wing Greenwood RHU residents The 14 Wing Fire Department will be conducting hydrant flow testing on base and in the Residential Housing Units Monday through Sunday, between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., October 12 to 25. The purpose is to identify any deficiencies and ensure the water main and delivery system is serviceable. You may incur some water discoloration or sediment during testing; it is recommended you do not do laundry at this time due to possible water discoloration. For information, contact the 14 Wing Fire Department at 902-765-1494 local 5473.

Watch for RHU area water shut-off October 13 In support of infrastructure upgrades to the water distribution system in 14 Wing Greenwood’s Residential Housing Units neighbourhood, 1st and 2nd crescents, there is a requirement for a water disruption affecting the entire RHU area overnight into October 13. Water will be shut off at midnight Monday, October 12, and remain off until 6 a.m. Tuesday, October 13. This will affect all RHUs, the Queen of Heaven Chapel @ CFB Greenwood ...and St. Mark's chapels, the Morfee Centre and Morfee Annex, the VPI centre, the 14 Wing Community Centre on Church Street, the post office, the Greenwood Canex complex and Building 298 (Household Goods and Effects). If residents experience poor water clarity following the outage, they should turn on the largest faucet (bathtub or laundry basin) and let it run for 15 to 25 minutes. Fill a clear glass with water and compare it to a white background for every five minutes of flushing until there is no appearance of colour or sediment within the glass. See more