Canadian navy ship returns from deployment to Haiti

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Canadian navy ship returns from deployment to Haiti

The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:21PM EST

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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.

Clutching a sign that read "Welcome home Daddy," Lisa Moss waited anxiously for her husband alongside their two sons, aged seven and 13.

Moss says she can't be anything but proud of the work her husband has done.

The ship was sent to Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January that killed about 200,000 people.

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

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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)
Crew from the HMCS Halifax are re-united with their loved ones after arriving back home 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)