In This Issue 9
Death Notice Former RMC Staff Member Wing Commander Wilfred Blain. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20080227.93142122/BDAStory/BDA/deaths Thank You We were pleasantly swamped with a number of original and great articles for this Issue. In particular, a number of well written and unique human interest stories have a nice “easy to read” style to them.E 3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) supplied…
Trivia for Issue 9 | Bagatelle
Q1. Identify the location of this architectural sculpture on the RMC memorial arch. 1. Keystone 2. Voussoir 3. Extrados 4. Impost 5. Intrados 6. Rise 7. Clear span 8. Abutment Q2. Identify the name of the architectural sculpture in RMC lore 1. Bud 2. TDV 3. Brucie 4. Rupert 5. It doesn’t have a…
Quotation | Citation
“The guys didn’t want to settle for a co-championship,” Army hockey head coach Brian Riley said. “Our guys wanted to go out and win it outright. Sacred Heart plays physical, they play hard and they play tough for 60 minutes. That is what playoff hockey is all about, and it was great preparation for what…
Top Headlines
MBNA / M/C credit card holders – take note: Some RMC Club members who received cash advances on their MBNA Canada M/C credit cards received notice of a lawsuit against MBNA Canada, allegedly for charging excessive interest rates on these cash advances. The Q&A below is directed only to those members who had RMC Club…
What’s Happening At RMC
Announcement on Director of Cadets Position/ Annonce sur la position du Directeur des élèves-officiers; Fort Brant Offically A Part of RMC; Ex Souvenir 2008 – battlefield tour; RMC band holds fundraising concert;
Fencers / Triathletes & Reading Week
Fencers Impressive During Tour of England – Competition; Culture & Socialization – Caps Off Great Season! Victoria, B.C. – Triathlon training camp.
Ex-Cadets in the News
8813 Lt. Col John D. Gibson (RMC ’71) (RMC Club President 1997-98) has endowed a new academic award known as “The Gibson Medal” in memory of 2569 Major Desmond H Gibson, ED (RMC ’37) and 805 Colonel The Honourable Colin W.G. Gibson, PC, MC, VD (RMC 1911), to be presented to the top graduating ROTP/RETP…
Where are they now?
Raiders’ coach has seen it all – Former Redmen Hockey Coach – Jacques Tremblay. Tremblay has coached major junior hockey in Ontario (Kingston Canadians) and Quebec (St-Jean), he’s coached professional hockey in Europe (with the Swiss national team and in the French elite league, where he was coach of the year in 1983). He’s…
Misc
Left to right: LCol (ret) Pierre Parenteau (#6330, ’64), Maj Kao (’82), Capt Bernard Couillard (’95), Capt Brandy McKenna (’02), Lt Andrea Seaby (’05). Kandahar – The Trauma Hospital & Ex cadet Involvement By: 6330 Pierre Romeo Parenteau (RMC ’64) MD, FRCPC A few kilometers away from Kandahar Afghanistan at KAF (Kandahar Airfield) the multinational…
Catching Up With the News
LUNCH CHAPITRE DE MONTRÉAL FEVRIER 2008 par André Durand Officier de liaison des Collèges militaires royaux (Québec) (click, click on photo for larger view) (Cliquez 2 fois pour élargir la photo) Le 21 février dernier, une vingtaine de membres du Chapitre de Montréal se sont rassemblés pour le repas du midi, au Vieux Mess du…
Extra Innings
Appointments to Royal Military College Saint-Jean Board of Governors http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=382299&categoryid=16 Nominations au Conseil des gouverneurs du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean http://news.gc.ca/web/view/fr/index.jsp?articleid=382299&categoryid=16
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