RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed […]

      The Red Coat Trail roughly follows an approximately 1300 km journey taken by the North West Mounted Police to bring the law and order to the Canadian West.         From Fort Dufferin, Manitoba to the Old Man River in southwestern Alberta where they established Fort Macleod, this was the […]

    The picture below appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Saturday, August 01, 2015, edition under the banner “This Week In History: 1959 – “the burning of the bonds.”           August 01, 1959, the Premier of BC, W.A.C. Bennett, was to burn the mortgage on British Columbia. All of the bonds […]

      Ric Hall received from Marv Ukraineitz an old 1963 photograph of the RCMP motorcycle course held at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Surrey, B.C.           According to Marv “RCMP Cpl. Bill Hulgaard and Cpl. William Todd were the instructors. There were motorcycles Cloverdale, and Burnaby. The training was required […]

      Probably the most recognized image world-wide when people think of the RCMP is a member in Review Order on horseback.         Arguably, the second most thought of image is a member in Review Order with his noble German Shepherd at his side. This probably comes thanks to the 1930s […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).           Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has […]

      With the low exchange rate of the Canadian dollar compared to that of the United States dollar, Canadians should consider exploring and learning more about our own proud history.         One such place is the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Beside the RCMP St. Roch and its historical artifacts, there are […]

        With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed […]

      Last week, Ric Hall posted this webpage about “Billy” the horse and the details were of interest to many individuals.           In this article (outlined below), Ric outlined that it was Recruit Troop S (1965/66) was the last members to perform a riding display. According to Ric ” […]