Catching Up With the News
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, is pleased to announce that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved the creation of the Sacrifice Medal. The medal will be awarded to military personnel, members of allied forces or Canadian civilians working under the authority of the Canadian Forces, who suffered…
Quotation | Citation
_____________________________________________________________ “This district is a key district. It’s key as a logistics hub for the movement of insurgent fighters, arms and money,” 14378 Brig.-Gen Denis Thompson (CMR RMC ’84)
Who Am I?
Who am I? I was was born on February 27, 1915 in Alberta, Canada. My father was an army major who moved his family to Toronto when I was a boy. In 1937, I graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where I was a captain of the football and hockey teams. After…
Project to Prevent Falls in Veterans
Veteran Affairs Canada and Health Canada are collaborating on a joint initiative to invest in a community-based falls prevention pilot program. The three regions involved in the initiative are: Atlantic Canada; Ontario; and British Columbia/Yukon. Falling is a common occurrence in populations of older persons. About one-third of seniors over the age of 65 will…
Deaths | Décès
3669 James Doyle : Jim was born 17 November 1933 in Hamilton ON. He completed his elementary and secondary schooling in Merriton and Niagara Falls ON, graduating from Niagara Falls Collegiate and Vocational Institute in 1952. Jim entered RMC in 1952 as an Army Cadet. He enjoyed the College so much that he took the…
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Please click on logo for membership info ________________________________________________________ Nobody asked me, but I will give my opinion on the issue of entering the Old Brigade and the naming of Classes. The issue of “Year of Entry vs. Year of Graduation” raised in eVeritas 13 August 2008 by 5851 Barry Winfield continues to be one that…
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Affiliez vous au Club des CMR du Canada The RMC Club of Canada is proud to announce the launch of the new online RMC network. Your user name is your college number and your password is the word ‘password’ The sign in link is found here: http://rmc.voisinhq.com Once you have signed in, change your…
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“Easily the greatest challenge right now facing PE and all of our programs is access to facilities and equipment. With the emphasis on fitness in the CF and the growth of CFB Kingston and RMC it has made it challenging at times for everyone to gain access to what they require for their training. The…
What’s Happening At RMC
Ed note: This will be the first edition in a couple of months that we do not have an article from 23996 OCdt Alex Cushley aka “Cush”. He is back in the Cadet Wing preparing with his peers to kick-off the new school year. In addition, to supporting us with timely articles from his perspective…
Quotation | Citation
5105 Doctor Jack Granatstein (CMR RMC ’61) dedicated his book, The Generals: The Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War (University of Calgary Press, 1993) to the memory of 4746 Rod Byers (CMR RMC ’60) and 4919 Barry Hunt (RRMC RMC ’60), “cadets with me at the Royal Military College who became fine…
Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) Following a short stint as a teacher in Brant County, I studied civil engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. Fagging and hazing and such childlike practices were unknown when I was a cadet. During my initiation, however a senior imitated the sergeant-major’s…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Flying the flag in Arctic no longer symbolic for Canadian Forces 15322 Alex Grant (CMR ’86) Canadian soldiers need all clear to fight for a chance at winning Attack highlights Taliban tactics – Rebels growing bolder, more effective, analysts say 14378 Denis Thompson(CMR RMC ’84) Sea King also took aim at sub 22221 Kevin Leblond…