In This Issue 14
To find an article: copy title into the search bar on the top of the website and press the ‘enter’ key. To search for an individual: type their name into the search bar and press the ‘enter’ key. Cadets to look like Cadets again; Treachery outdoes youth; RMC Prof loses job; 7 Ex cadets in…
Top Headlines
RMC’s new Dress of the Day uniform as of fall 2008 (Click for larger view) Photo credit: Steve McQuaid By: Captain Paule Poulin – RMC PAO In the fall of 2008, RMC cadets will return to wearing a distinctive Dress of the Day (DOD) uniform both in Kingston and St-Jean. This new uniform was designed…
What’s Happening At RMC
(Click for larger view) First Picture: (from L to R) Dr. Marc Arsenault, Lt(N) Trevor Davies, Andrew McLellan, LCol Billy Allan (and his son), Dept Head Dr. Benabdallah, Dr. Marc LaViolette, Capt Mike Strawson, Capt Clayton Kotzer, and Capt Romain Cyr Second Picture: (from L to R) 24394 Jamie Wilson, Dept Head Dr. Habib Benabdallah…
Ex-Cadets in the News
H4860 General (ret’d) John de Chastelain (RMC ’60) will be the guest keynote speaker at The 20th Commonwealth Humanitarian Gala Dinner – Friday, April 25, 2008. The Dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa. John will speak to “Building Peace – Lessons from Northern Ireland”. Over the past 20 years the…
Catching Up With the News
Rediscovering the history of Hatley Park Thank you for your interest in the Cadet Oral History Project at Royal Roads University. This project is being done in partnership with the archives, but it is actually a colleague of mine, Karen Inkster who has conducted the 50+ interviews that are currently being pulled together into a…
Where are they now?
H2951 Ramsey Withers (RRMC RMC ’52); 8883 Richard Balfour (RRMC ’71); 10203 Robert Boutilier (RRMC RMC ’74); 10277 John Miller (RRMC RMC ’74); 11132 David Oickle (RRMC RMC ‘76); 12668 Scott Hayter (RRMC RMC ’80); 15773 Jacques Fauteux (CMR RMC ’87); 16080 LCol Douglas Delaney (RRMC RMC ’87); 17324 Sharon Donnelly (RMC ’90) &…
Quotation | Citation
“I’m a Kandahar baby.” 22592 Rob Doucette (RMC ’03) “It was very nice to see the senators stand and applaud. I also appreciate the fact that they identified Pte Street and held a minute of silence in his memory,” Major Marie Norris “You know what you have to offer, you know what’s inside.” Caledon Mayor…
Extra Innings
Rhodes Scholarship Update. By: 24359 OCdt Stephen Paish ( RMC ’09) III This week I would just like to provide an update on the Rhodes Scholarship awareness situation. It seems that interest in the award is picking up as last week an email was sent to third year cadets: “The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious…
Trivia | Bagatelle
First Canadian/Canada Corps Army 1. The First Canadian Army was: A) the senior Canadian operational formation in Europe during the World War II. B) the first corps-level military formation established by the Canadian Army during World War II C) redesignated I Canadian Corps in 1942, as required by the growing size of Canada’s overseas expeditionary…
Notices | Avis
ACTIVITÉ: BAL D’INAUGURATIONOÙ: Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Pavillon Dextraze. QUAND: Vendredi le 23 mai 2008 à 19h00. Cocktail à partir de 18h30 COÛT: $50 par personne (repas seulement). Par chèque seulement. Au nom du « Bal du CMR Saint-Jean » TENUE MILITAIRE : Tenue de mess TENUE CIVILE : Cravate noire ou complet foncé.…
We get emails
Former residents of Rideout Row aka Hogans Alley, Cathy Sheppard wants to hear from you! I was wondering if you and / or your e-Veritas readers could assist me. I am doing some research on the building that CDA HQ is located in Rideout Row (also known as Hogans Alley). It was built in 1908…