RCMP Veterans Association – Vancouver Division

        Over the past week, several RCMP Veterans have been the subject of a news paper articles.         We have included these articles below for your information. RCMP Tracks 31 Suicides Since 2006 – Under fire for not doing enough to respond to stressrelated illness, the RC MP has […]

          The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.       Veteran #35982 Sgt. Larry Burden who served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements […]

        Over the past week, several RCMP Veterans have been the subject of a news story.           For your review, we have included these articles below. Prostitution Bill Hearings Had Strong Evangelical Voice – OTTAWA – The Conservative government’s anti-prostitution bill is one step closer to becoming law […]

        For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photo theme of the “RCMP Cenotaph at ‘Depot’ Division in Regina.”         For this webpage, Ric provided the following extract from the RCMP website entitled “History of the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaque and Honour Roll:” A proposal to erect a […]

        Over the past few weeks, we have received many photographs taken by Veterans and internet links to some amazing photos.         Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the following as being the top ten.  These images are provided for your viewing pleasure. 1) Veteran […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their […]

        As a retired member of the Force, each Veteran is a component of an extended family regardless of where they reside.         When a RCMP Veteran passes away – their old colleagues pause for a moment to reflect on the good times they had and the memories they […]

        Over the past week, we have received a flood of submitted videos from various Veterans across Canada.         Based on our review, we have selected the following videos for your viewing pleasure. 1) Veteran Harold Feiertag submitted “Extraordinary Toroidal Vortices” 2) Veteran Phil Juby submitted “Michael Jackson On Beer […]

        Over the past week, we have searched for the most recent and notable news stories relating to the topic of retirement travel.       Based on our search, we have selected the following articles for your reading pleasure. GENERAL How to Make Your Travel Meaningful – Today we are appearing […]

  Veteran Garth Hampson (Reg. #19201) submitted the following details and photos for the information of other Veterans. Garth joined the Force on December 14, 1955 and was stationed in “K”, “HQ” Ottawa, “N”, and HQ Divisions.  In 1967, he was in the RCMP band and was designated as one of the vocalists.  On January […]