Men’s Rugby Recruit
On the rugby pitch: Promising 1st yr athlete Jaemok Lee OCdt Catie Keyser, 24633 Despite being a team with a small populous for selection, the RMC men’s rugby team looks like they’re shaping up for a strong season with many talented new players. Jaemok Lee, a first year from British Columbia, is such an athlete…
Valour and Service Decorations & Two Ex Cadets Earn Cleantech Award
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, recently announced the awarding of 13 Military Valour Decorations (one Star and twelve Medals) to members of the Canadian Forces who displayed gallantry and devotion to duty in combat. She also announced the awarding of 35 Meritorious Service Decorations (Military Division), namely seven Crosses and 28 Medals, to…
Is it Dr. or Lt. Col Cowan? & The Story of the RMC SUBMARINE
Rare ceremony at regiment MILITARY Kingston’s Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment will hold a rare change of command ceremony tonight. After nearly 11 years the regiment’s honorary Lt.-Col., Jim McQueen, is stepping down. He is passing the colours along to the new honorary, John Scott Cowan, retired principal at Royal Military College. The honoraries, as…
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…
The ‘ex’ takes more meaning a few years down the road
Legacy Dinner photo – (L-R) Bob Carr; Tony O’Keeffe; back to camera – John Cowan; and Chris Carr The ‘ex’ takes more meaning a few years down the road A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) One thing 5337 Robert Carr (CMR RMC 1963) learned from the Royal Military College is how to get things done.…
40 years after – The Kootenay explosion
I will remember my mates from HMCS Kootenay – 6533 Gordon Forbes, (RMC 1965) The Ottawa Citizen May 2, 2009 Re: Battle of the Atlantic remembered, April 30. As a survivor of the HMCS Kootenay naval disaster in 1969, I will be standing Sunday at the National War Memorial in tribute to the nine men…
Portes ouvertes au CMRSJ les 7-8 novembre / Open Doors at RMCSJ
Portes ouvertes au Collège militaire de Saint-Jean les 7-8 novembre La population est invitée au Collège militaire royal de Saint Jean les 7 et 8 novembre. Les portes ouvertes auront lieu le 7 novembre de 13 h à 16 h et le 8 novembre de 13 h à 15 h. Venez visiter le site du…
Who am I?
Who Am I? Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) I was born in 1860. According to the Dominition Annual Register and Review, I was admitted as a Cadet at the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1878. I am considered responsible for instigating “Penny Sabbath” (Copper Sunday) as an event between 1878 and 1882…
Notices | Avis & 10 Surprising Celebs with Honorary Degrees
A few weeks after launching the Military Families Fund in 2007, then Chief of Defence Staff S148 General Rick Hillier spoke at the annual Rev. John Weir Foote Memorial Military Luncheon at the Albany Club in Toronto. At this luncheon, organized by 19894 Erin O’Toole (RMC 1995), General Hillier levelled a challenge to the corporate…
Births | naissances
18329 Bill Foster (Class of ’92) and 18866 Eva Martinez (Class of ’93) are delighted to announce the arrival of Kenneth MacGregor Foster, born 11 Oct 2009 at 1144 hrs at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, weighing 9 lbs 11 oz. Ken joins his sister, Emiliana Foster, who is delighted with her new role.
In This Issue 43
xxxxx IN THIS ISSUE 43: 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. Two Cadets Headed to West Block on Parliament Hill; My Day With…
Two Cadets Headed to West Block on Parliament Hill
Imagine a university program that would help develop the initiative, self-discipline and leadership potential of students while developing their sense of citizenship and responsibility to others. What would such a program look like? Senator William Rompkey and Senator Pamela Wallin invite you to join other key members from the university, government and military communities, as…