HMCS Halifax returns from Haiti/Governor General going

Further to this post,

CF beginning wind-down of Haiti mission

this vessel is back:

Family members wait to be re-united with their loved ones as the HMCS Halifax makes its way up the Halifax harbour on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Halifax, N.S. The ship and her crew of 225, were returning from a six week deployment in Haiti where they were providing humanitarian relief and supplies after the country was devastated by an earthquake in January. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Dembeck)

HALIFAX — Crew aboard the navy ship HMCS Halifax say there's still years' worth of work to be done in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, but they believe Canadians have made a difference.

The 225 crew members aboard the frigate returned to Halifax today after a six-week deployment to Jacmel, where they provided humanitarian relief.

Lt. Andrew Tunstall says he felt satisfied after looking at the smiling faces of the Haitians who received fresh water and sanitation supplies.

Hundreds of family and friends gathered at the navy dockyard in Halifax along with a military band to welcome the ship home...

The military sent two of its Halifax-based ships to Haiti -- the Halifax and the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan [still there].

The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief will be visiting Haiti next week.