RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

A Learning Opportunity from VAC Dear Members of the Association, What follows is a most remarkable offer from VAC. We certainly thank them for their generosity in sharing this with our Association.. James Forrest Director of Communications Learn how to connect with VAC from home VAC is offering an online information session to help users get […]

New building for food and clothing in Nova Scotia Even after retirement, most RCMP veterans still serve their community. Freedom Kitchen, an outreach program of the Knox United Church in Lower Sackville, NS is providing hot meals to this suburban community.  A program that served 15 meals on its first night of operation now serves […]

Broadening our approach to commemoration Dear Members of the Association, We have received a note from VAC Internal Communications to the effect that they are staging a remarkable Facebook event on February 22nd, 2021 to expand on the future of remembrance and recognition in Canada. Thanks to VAC for providing this information. Their flyer follows […]

Ongoing Updates Dear Members of Division Executives, The following memorandum from Signal Flare serves to further clarify the new membership management system. James Forrest Director of Communications Division Executives As we continue to roll out the membership management system, it’s important that all divisions understand the changes. The following defines the processes, management of member […]

Individual Computer Pension Portal Dear Members of the Association, Further to our earlier message regarding a call letter for the pension portal – it is now available and appears below in both official languages. James Forrest Director of Communications Would you like to take part in the creation of a new Retiree Pension Portal by […]

Follow up to Previous Message: Public Health Agency of Canada Support Dear Members of the Association, Further to the message yesterday (2021-02-17) regarding candidates for increasing PHAC enforcement capacity. We have received a number of communications noting the fact that the email provided is not always working For those members who did find the solution […]

Central Vancouver Island’s Randy Wilson with a certain American politician In the Matter of Newspaper Editorials Dear Members of the Association Randy Wilson’s wife drew his attention to an article in the Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-rcmp-commissioner-urged-to-issue-directive-on-use-of-knee-to-neck/?fbclid=IwAR2q0rY6BpyoZ9tIC03iAKxRBFin2nH6iiO2zjquXOvR8ts5ieWuEHeJLZ4 That caused Randy to take pen to paper to create a rebuttal to the article since it was unfairly […]

Pension Computer Portal Dear Members of the Association Past President and Director Steve Walker has provided some rather interesting news on the pension front. We have learned from Karen Favereau, who is a policy analyst with the Force attached to the National Compensation Services branch that the Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) are in […]

belairdirect Contest Dear Association Members, One of our very generous sponsors is running a contest as may be seen in the flyers below. Yes, it is part of a client promotion endeavour and is therefore a form of advertising. Belairdirect does, however, form a very strong financial bulwark for our Association and we are more […]

Dear Members: The message below provides information on how to access the RCMP – GRC Vets Net website. RCMP Vets Nets Website Update This is further to the following email you would have received from Wayne Rushton – RCMP Vets Net.   All Members  To access RCMP VETS NET online use this address https://rcmpvets.ca  If […]