Tag Archives: RCMP Vet

Murder In The Arctic

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us the following article which appeared in our 53rd edition of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet and Gold Magazine in 1971.           FOLLOWING AN APPEAL FOR HELP, INSPECTOR DENNY La NAUZE WITH CONSTABLES WITHERS AND WIGHT LEFT FORT NORMAN IN MAY 1915. 14 MONTHS […]

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Bugles, Cavalry Trumpets and Pipe Bands

          Veteran Ric Hall sent us the following information and photographs for the interest of our website visitors.       Recently we did an article on the “Mysterious White Horse” that popped up in several old photographs taken in Vancouver in the 1920s. I was under the illusion that the […]

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Veterans Submitted: Top Ten Photos

        Over the past week, we have received many submitted photos from various Veteran living in many parts of Canada.         Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the following as being the top ten.  Our Association does not support any products contained within these photos. […]

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Steve’s Photo Corner

      Veteran Steve Gibson has discovered some old photographs of the early days of Vancouver.           On March 1, 1923, world famous escape artist Harry Houdini, who was in Vancouver as part of a vaudeville show performing at the Orpheum Theatre, took up a challenge to be hoisted high […]

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A Day In Battleford In 1885

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us the following article which was written by Charles Whitehead (Reg.#1577) Whitehead and appeared in the 5th edition (1923) of the Vancouver Division – RCMP Veterans’ Association’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.     Retired Sergeant Charles Arthur William Whitehead (Reg.#1577) joined the Force on August 12, 1885 […]

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New Book: Obstruction Of Justice

      A new book has been written and now published on the “Highway of Tears” called “Obstruction Of Justice” by RCMP Veteran Ray Michalko.           “The Highway of Tears” is a lonely seven hundred kilometer stretch of road that winds through the Coast Mountains wilderness of British Columbia. Over […]

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The Mysterious White Horse – Part II

      One thing is for certain when dealing with the history of the Force, when you write a story of interest there is always someone out there who can add more to it.         The following is just one example. Recently, I wrote an article on the mysterious white horse […]

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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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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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Veterans Submitted: Top Ten Photos

          Over the past few weeks, we have received many submitted photographs from various Veterans.         Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the following as being the top ten.  Our Association does not support any products contained within these photos. 1) Veteran Harold Feiertag […]

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