The 2009 Christmas Ball
The Christmas Ball Special thanks to 1st LT Stefan Böttcher, who is a German Exchange Student taking his Masters at RMC, for taking these wonderful pictures of the event. From all reports – cadets and staff, the Ball was a huge success! A quick check of Facebook and one sees a ton (or more) of …
12ème cérémonie du Souvenir / Nav. Exercise / Debaters
12ème cérémonie du Souvenir 24509 OCdt Vanessa Durand Le 6 novembre dernier, neuf Élofs, le Cmdt de l’Esc 5 et moi-même avons été cordialement reçus à la chambre du Sénat pour la 12ème cérémonie du Souvenir. Après quelques heures sur la route dans une petite fourgonnette, nous avons pu nous dégourdir les jambes avec un…
Sports
(W) Basketball Team Struggling… Forfeit two OUA games this past weekend By: WJO The (W) Paladins basketball team already with a short bench by OUA standards was left with five healthy players – both medically and academically last week. This situation forced them to forfeit two road games – Windsor and UWO. The team has…
Who’s Who?
Match up the photo with the clue: Resided in Panet Houe at one time during his CF career; His dad was a former RMC commandant; Dropped off a large wooden crate containing a horde of RMC and First World War souvenirs to the RMC Museum; Former OHL Kingston Canadians hockey player; Montreal area lawyer; Coach…
Where are They Now?
We have contacted numerous ex-cadets from the fifties through to the new millennium and plan to feature them in the coming months to give readers a chance to catch up with names and faces from each of the respective CMCs. If you would like to contribute to this column, please feel free to email me…
Like father, like son
Like father, like son A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) He watched on with pride as his son completed the obstacle course after this year’s First Year Orientation Period at RMC. Lieutenant Colonel 14164 Michael Voith, MSC, CD, RMC 1983, had the opportunity to relive his memoires of recruit camp, and meet up with his…
AL ROBERTS – REMEMBERS
REMEMBERING After spending the 1916/17 school year at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, my father, 1272 A. Kelso Roberts, was sent overseas with all the other junior officers in his class who were at least 18 years old. As there were no vacancies in the Canadian permanent army, he was gazetted to the…
Who am I?
Who Am I? Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) In August, 1918, I entered the Royal Military College at Kingston, Ontario, to prepare for higher education. I had graduated from the Royal Military College in 1922 without any career plans In 1922, I enrolled at McGill University where I earned a masters degree. in…
Retirements / Edmonton Branch Hosting 21 Dec
15229 Major Alain Beaulieu took his release from the Canadian Forces on October 15th 2009 after more than 28 years of loyal service. Alain’s distinguished career started when he joined the CF from Sherbrooke, Québec and entered at the Collège Militaire Royal de St-Jean in 1981. He later graduated from the Royal Military College in…
3 Greek Sisters / Career Opportunity / Otter Sqd Impressive
I wanted to let e-Veritas readers know that my wife and her sisters have created an extraordinary Greek cookbook. It is a 280-page, self-published effort with great photos and even better food – mostly traditional Greek, all of it healthy. It has been getting heaps of praise, and they just broke the “opening night” record…
RRMC Memories – “…a colonial outpost of RMC in Kingston…”
Dr. James Boutilier, Professor of History and Dean of Arts (1971 – 1995) This interview was conducted by Royal Roads University staff person, Karen Inkster, and is part of the Royal Roads Oral History Project, a university initiative to preserve the military history of Royal Roads. Please contact Karen at karen.inkster@royalroads.ca if you would like…
In This Issue 47
11 Nov 2009 – RMC Remembrance Day Slide Presentation Slide show photos by: 25247 Ken Eady and 25086 Guillaume Landry _________________________________________________________________ Add on articles: “AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY AND TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IS AN INVESTMENT OF 25 MILLION DOLLARS”…VIDEO _________________________________________________________________ College to host summit Royal Military College, the school that…