RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      At present, Ric is reviewing the early editions of the RCMP Quarterly (commenced in 1933) and old “Scarlet & Gold” (commended in 1919) magazines from the RCMP Veterans’ Association.         In so doing, he is discovering these old editions contain a wealth of historical insight to the early days […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.     Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.     Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

      Ric continues to receive photographs from RCMP Veterans and their families on the photo theme of “member’s children growing up surrounded by all the RCMP stuff.”         Force family members are very proud of their mountie parent.  So it is quite common for their children to slip on the […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.     Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

        Based on last week’s photo theme of “member’s children growing up surrounded by all the RCMP stuff,” Ric has received several email responses with photographs.       The uniform of the RCMP has been a very familiar component to a member’s family.  To the  family members, it seems their mountie […]

    For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photo theme of “member’s children growing up surrounded by all the RCMP stuff.”            The children of a mountie growing up had its challenges with the constant transfers and the family trying to fit in with each new community.  However for […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

        The Vancouver Division continues to provide financial support to the Pacific Riding For Developing Abilities (PRDA).         At a recent Executive Committee presentation to PRDA, their Executive Director Michelle Meacher outlined one of the many success stories of their therapeutic riding program.  Upon hearing  of this recent success, […]