RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

  NOTICE OF PASSING RCMP Veteran (Corporal) Gerald Kenneth Martin (Reg. #17533) passed away on July 7, 2021 in Richmond BC.  He is survived by his wife. There will be no funeral or celebration of life.  He was a former Veterans’ Association Member of the Vancouver Division.    

Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia Dear Members, The Association has been advised of some job opportuntities at the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia. Here are some of the details of the job, Job Details BAND 4 – Investigator – (78579) Posting Title BAND 4 – Investigator Position Classification Band 4 Union N/A Location […]

Lytton, British Columbia Dear Members, A further addendum to our earlier message (which remains below). Ken Parent advises that the Division cannot issue receipts for donations that are received. If you are going to donate please send it to Ken’s email address  ken.parent@outlook.com   the etransfer system will not accept his hotmail address. James Forrest Director of […]

Dear Members Attached is the Royal Lepage Newsletter for July 2021 James Forrest Director of Communications Royal LePAGE – English  

Vancouver Division Members:   We have received a request in trying to help locate Cpl. Dennis Weisner, Reg # 29576.  He retired in “E” Division in 2011.   See message below. Ric Hall – Director-Historian Vancouver Division 2021-07-16 My name is John Wilson Reg# 29587, a member of the Edmonton vets. I am putting together […]

  Lytton, British Columbia Dear Members, Further to our earlier message  regarding donations we are now advised that the RCMPVA Foundation would prefer that all donations (Division and individual) be sent directly to Kamloops Division and not to the Foundation Instructions for this have been provided by Kamloops Advocate, Bob Stephens as follows, To answer […]

  Lytton, British Columbia Dear Members, A group of Association members has been working very hard to try and develop revenue sources for RCMP employees who lost their homes and possessions during the devasting fires that ravaged Lytton, British Columba. One of the major coordinators for this project is our Association Chief Advocate, Mike Duffy. […]

It is interesting in this crazy world how information is spread so quickly.  This week-end, Saturday the 10th, I received a message from a retired member who had received, it from a friend, who had received it from a friend and so on. The original message had started with Dave Rawson of North Vancouver, BC. […]

As you are no doubt aware, tragedy struck Lytton in the form of a wildfire that destroyed most of the village.  Some of you may have been posted to Lytton Detachment. For reference, Lytton Detachment consists of 5 regular members and 2 PSE’s. They lost 3 Force homes, and one PSE family home completely. There is […]

How To Promote Brain Health Dear Members, I came across a very informative webpage from McMaster University dealing with brain health as we age. It provides details on what activities to undertake and those to avoid in maintaining your brain health. It asks a few questions as you move through the slides and provides some […]