Reunions / Réunions
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Notices / Avis
RMC Alumni in Ottawa: come out this Saturday to support the Paladins and help fight Breast Cancer This Saturday, February 14th, the Carleton Ravens (www.goravens.ca) are hosting the Annual Shoot for the Cure Basketball game against the RMC Paladins to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer Research. The Carleton Ravens would like to invite…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1869. I joined the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1885. I served as an official of the Topographical Surveys Branch of the Department of the Interior since graduating from the College. I wrote ‘The R.M.C. waltzes for piano [music]’ dedicated to…
Ex-Cadet Former Astronaut Visits Greely School
On Tuesday January 27, 2009, 15003 Major (Retired) Michael McKay (RMC ’85) took a morning off from his work to come and visit the children at Castor Valley Elementary School(CVES) in Greely Ontario (in the south end of Ottawa). The kids were divided into two groups to hear him speak about life as an astronaut…
In This Issue 06
Annual Carr-Harris Hockey Game The annual Carr-Harris game is slated for the Kingston Memorial Centre this Saturday, 7 Feb – 7:30PM Late Breaking News – Queen’s wins 23rd Annual Carr-Harris Cup Queen’s Golden Gaels beat the Royal Military College Paladins 1-0 to win the 23rd Annual Carr-Harris Cup at the Kingston Memorial Centre Saturday night.…
Commandant Sad to Leave RMC
Bittersweet Departure: Commandant to leave RMC Military shuffle lands Lawson at national headquarters For brig.-gen. Tom Lawson, leaving royal military college is bittersweet. “I know that wherever I go, there will not be another command like this one,” Lawson said yesterday. “It doesn’t matter what fantastic job there is with any sort of challenges, it…
What’s Happening At RMC
A Monday in the life of the Top 4 Article by IV Nicolas St-Amant Originally published in Precision, the RMC Journal It’s early Monday morning. On my way back from breakfast at 0655, there are already quite a few officer-cadets lined up in the Yeo Hall second-floor hallway. They are wearing their #4s and wait…
Squadron Commanders: In Their Own Words
Over the next few editions it is our intent to run articles on the Squadron Commanders from Royal Military College of Canada. All of them contribute a great deal to RMC, in general and to the cadets in their Squadron, in particular. 22027 Lieutenant (N) Anthony “Tony” Lefresne: 3 Squadron Lieutenant (N) Anthony Marcelle Lefresne,…
Varsity Sports Update & Historic Hockey
Young Mustangs receive some valuable floor time Royal Military College didn’t put up much of a battle By MORRIS DALLA COSTA – London Free Press Good teams learn to find some benefit from every situation. Western’s women’s volleyball team, on another planet when it came to Royal Military College, used the opportunity to sharpen skills…
Where are they now?
Dr. Nandor Dreisziger came to Canada with his parents in 1956 from Hungary. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. in Canadian history and a graduate diploma in Russian and East European Studies. From 1966 to 1967, he worked as Historical Researcher with the Public Archives of Canada. He joined the faculty…
RMC Ex-Cadets Are Top Aces
Air force gets new training squadron By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – The air force has resurrected a squadron with a historic record to play the bad guys in electronic warfare training. The reborn 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron is a direct descendant of a Second World War formation that flew the famous Spitfire, among…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I graduated from RMC in 1900 and was commissioned into the Canadian Engineers in 1904 as one of the original seven officers of the Corps. Prior to WWI, I had a number of staff and command appointments up to the rank of Major. On the outbreak…