RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

NPF / RCMP Salary Agreement Dear Members President Glenn has received the attached letter from Commissioner Lucki pertaining to the ongoing salary negotiations involving the National Police Federation, the RCMP and the Treasury Board. We would like to thank Commissioner Lucki for her consideration in advising us of these developments. James Forrest Director of Communications […]

  Extension – 2021 Veterans Ombud Commendations Dear Members, We just received a note from the office of the Ombudsman that they have extended the closing date for Ombudsman commendation nominations to July 15th., 2021.  Eligible for nominations are veterans of the Force and the Canadian Armed Forces. In the aftermath of Covid many of […]

  A/ Comm. Randy Schramm (Reg. #18552/O.593) passed away on July 24, 2020, however, due to COVID restrictions, his ashes were not interred at that time. His family has advised that the interment has now been scheduled for July 5, 2021 at Mountain View Cemetery, 5455 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC and wished to advise any of […]

Fraudulent Go-Fund-Me account tries to raise money off Mountie’s death Dear Members, Under the above-noted headline the Battleford News-Optimist newspaper has provided the following warning contained in an article dated 2021-06-13 that deals with the death of Cst. Shelby Patton. “The family of a Mountie who was killed on duty Saturday has informed Saskatchewan RCMP […]

Topics of Interest Dear Members, Here are a number of topics from across the Association. Clicking on the text will take you to the item. James Forrest Director of Communications Division d’Ottawa Division Each year on this date, the anniversary of the RCMP, Ottawa division hosts an early morning vigil at the Cenotaph for Fallen […]

  RCMP Veterans’ Association Vancouver Division – May 2021 Newsletter   Click Here to Read the May 2021 RCMP Vets Vancouver Division Newsletter

  Research on Veterans with PTSD at Sinai Health (Bridgepoint) The following email was received by the Vancouver Division from Justin Ryk, MSc, Research Coordinator, Bridgepoint Research Collaboratory: “Hello, I am a researcher working at the Bridgepoint Collaboratory at Sinai Health in Toronto and our group is in the early planning stages for research to […]

Dear Members, Some housekeeping notes: Signal Flare will be working on the public website (www.rcmpva.org) over the next while to improve its serviceability for our needs.  There may be some service interruptions during the update. Part of the work will involve enabling the use of your existing credentials when using the membership management system (MMS) to […]

  Partial Recordings of 911 Calls during Portapique Massacre Released Dear Members, We have been advised by Nova Scotia Division that in a recent article in Frank Magazine, Paul Palango included portions of the 911 calls that were made during the rampage at Portapique, N.S. “H” Division’s Administration & Personnel Officer, Robert A. Doyle, Supt., […]

  A Variety of recent Material from The Association Dear Members, The following is a list of items that have come or been brought to our attention. The items have links to the particular narrative that you may be interested in. James Forrest Director of Communications FOR YOUR INFORMATION   Saskatchewan RCMP officer charged with […]