Extra Innings
M0135 Don McLeod, (RRMC RMC ’79) Matt Fegan and 16986 Don McLeod Jr. (RRMC RMC ’89) have their hands full until May 14 at the IIHF world hockey championship at Halifax’s Metro Centre. Don Sr. oversees 140 volunteers as co-ordinator of game operations and game production. Matt and Don Jr. work closely with him as…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Fundraiser held in honour of Capt. Nichola Goddard Calgary Herald Saturday, May 03, 2008 x This speech was given Friday by Tim and Sally Goddard of Calgary, the parents of Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first female Calgary soldier killed in combat. She died in Afghanistan in 2006. The family held the first Light Up Papua…
Misc 2
LCdr (ret`d) Allan Hu (RMC PG / 1978), an active member of the local Chinese community, was honoured to be invited as a veteran guest to the DND/CF Asian Heritage Month events in May, 2008. All DND employees and CF members are encouraged to use the Asian Heritage Month celebrations as an opportunity to discover…
Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I? *At St. Andrew’s College, where I was educated from 1926 to 1931, I coached twice a week in geometry as I needed it to get into the Royal Military College. “My coach came to my house twice a week and was paid three dollars per session and earned every penny of it…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Father finds solace in stories -DELTA/Snowbirds pilot remembered 5518 Roland Selby (RMC ’62) “It was a great opportunity to provide critical assistance to a community in need,” 19798 Maj Carscadden. (RMC RRMC ’95) x “It’s integration with our allies at a very high level,” 20055 Captain Paul “Squish” Umrysh (RRMC RMC ’95) x Ex cadet…
Where are they now?
4132 Jay Kurtz (RMC ’58); 6089 Adnan Kabbani, (RMC ’00); 7291 Thomas Keefer (RMC ’67); 8063 David Neely (RMC ’69); 8703 Paul Larose-Edwards (CMR RMC ’71); 10420 Charles Kaszap (CMR RMC ’75); 11116 David McCutcheon (RRMC RMC ’76); 13343 Jean Claude Bélisle (RMC ’83); 14063 Richard Neville (RMC ’83); 14791 David Lincourt (CMR RMC ’85);…
Quotation | Citation
“It was great for our players to rub elbows with players like Sidney Crosby when the Penguins came here for some team building. They wanted to spend some time with our cadets and experience what West Point is all about. Their whole team had lunch with our players. They seemed more in awe of our…
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Another great eVeritas! “Prolific” doesn’t quite do justice to the effort that goes into these weekly gems. I particularly enjoyed the account of the Toronto Branch soiree. The planets certainly were lined up when they sent Tom Lawson here as Commandant. By the way, the new Dress of the Day looks great! 5820 Sky King…
Notices | Avis
RRMC Class of 68/RMC 70 Homecoming Here is the registration site at RRU https://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/rru-alumni/forms/homecoming-form.htm. Can you please update our announcement and run it for a bit longer. Cheers, 8501 Doug Foreman 8501 (RRMC RMC ’70) Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada Ottawa Branch Annual Golf Tournament -Friday 11 July 2008 -Hylands Golf Club * Scramble…
In This Issue 16
Did “Brucie” jump off the proverbial bandwagon? Royal Military College Officer Cadet Guillaume Hebert poses for a friend’s camera next to “Brucie,” the statue by the RMC parade square, after it was decorated to celebrate the Montreal Canadiens’ win in Stanley Cup first round playoff action the previous night against the Boston Bruins. At press…
Top Headlines
(Click for larger view) RMC gunning for fourth win at Sandhurst competition This Weekend at West Point by Capt Paule Poulin – RMC PAO Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada’s Sandhurst team members are putting the finishing touches on their training to defend their title at the Sandhurst military skills competition on May 3 at…
What’s Happening At RMC
Photo by: Steve McQuaid (Click for larger view) Model ship docks at RMC; HMS St. Lawrence was built at site of college and sunk nearby By Ian Elliot – Kingston Whig Standard The largest warship ever built to sail the Great Lakes returned home to where it was built yesterday, just a few kilometres from…