Cooks, nurses, firefighters, mechanics, teachers — those are few of the dozens of civilian jobs the Department of National Defence is trying to fill as 5th Canadian Support Base Gagetown begins upgrading and expanding.
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Shane Fowler · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 28, 2026 1:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Dozens of people looking for job opportunities attended the Department of National Defence job fair in Fredericton. (Shane Fowler/CBC News)
Base Gagetown is looking to hire dozens of civilians for a variety of new jobs.
Cooks, nurses, firefighters, mechanics, teachers — those are few of the dozens of civilian jobs the Department of National Defence is trying to fill as 5th Canadian Support Base Gagetown begins upgrading and expanding.
And to do so, it hosted a job fair at The Cultural Centre in downtown Fredericton that saw a long line of hopeful applicants spill into the parking lot.
“I feel like there’s a lot of good opportunities here,” said Cameron Claybourn-Scott, who had been first in line with his resume. “I’m here just to get a job through one of our services.
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