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Black Jack Pershing And The Lone Constable

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us the following NWMP legend which appeared in the 44th edition (1962) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold magazine.       The late Gen. John J. Pershing once cooperated with the Mounted Police in a matter that subsequently grew into one of those fabulous tales […]

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Plane Crash In The Baffin Islands

      Veteran Larry Burden sent us the following article for the information of other Veterans.           A United States Air Force C-47 en route to Frobisher Bay, NWT, January 18, transporting 12 people encountered engine problems and was forced to crash land on the ice. The pilot managed to […]

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Ric Hall’s A Little Postcard Trivia!

      Recently, I came into possession of three photos that have the notation at the bottom “Visit of HRH Prince of Wales Vancouver, BC, Sep 22-23 1919.”           I thought one of them looked familiar causing me to go through my collection of RCMP photos.  I found a copy […]

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The NWMP On Its Second Patrol

      Windy Gale sent us this article which was originally written by RCMP Veteran Henry Vernon Joseph LaCHANCE (Reg.#9245) and appeared in the 16th edition (1935) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.  Noted articles was transcript for us by Windy Gale who resides in England and a long-time supporter of the […]

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Herschel Island Detachment

      The Yukon’s most northerly detachment was on a windswept island in the Beaufort Sea. The detachment at Herschel Island originally opened to monitor American whalers.           In its final years, the detachment was a dog-breeding station, supplying dogs to various RCMP detachments across the North. The detachment operated […]

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New Tradition Established: Burnaby Detachment

      On June 3, 2016, Burnaby Detachment commenced a new tradition to honour their retiring Detachment Commander – C/Supt. Dave Critchley.  According to S/S/Major John Buis, “this new honouring tradition is regularly used by many Fire Department.”       On this date, Chief Superintendent Dave Critchley departed the Detachment to commence his […]

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Royal Canadian Mint Honours National Heroes With Silver Collectors Coin Series

        Mint to donate $10,000 and portion of proceeds of the “Firefighters” coin to Red Cross Alberta Fires Appeal (Fort McMurray)           WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, MAY 17, 2016 – The Royal Canadian Mint is proudly honouring Canada’s national heroes with a new silver collector coin series. The series features […]

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Ric Hall – Adieu Carlton Place Training 

      Many a pair of boots have graced the halls of Carleton Place Training Centre. Members took their Emergency Response Team and V.I.P. training.         Included was the training for the Papal Visit of 1984 and other specialized types of training….remember all those cans of paint stored there for learning […]

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Ric Hall’s Old Force Photo Received

      Ric received the following old RCMP photograph and was seeking the assistance of Veterans to identify more details about this image.         According to Ric, “this picture which was circulated by Frank Richter has received an astounding number of responses the most to any of the photos I have […]

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An RCMP Test Project: Mustangs For Highway Patrol

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us this old RCMP Gazette magazine article about the Force testing the high performance Ford Mustangs.  Veteran Grant Tyndall who contributed to this article has provided us photographs of this testing which resulted in the limited introduction of these cars in the Force.       Article appeared […]

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