Flashback | Rétrospective
A Thoroughly Canadian General: a Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar by Paul Douglas Dickson (University of Toronto Press, 571 pages, $55) More info Harry Crerar was Canada’s most important soldier during the Second World War, but despite his considerable accomplishments he is an almost forgotten figure. Crerar had neither the brilliance of his subordinate, the…
Misc
‘I was bouncing down like a pinball’ 15414 CATHERINE PAQUET-RIVARD (CMR ‘85) From Saturday’s Globe and Mail – December 8, 2007 LA VALLÉE BLANCHE, FRANCE – We had been skiing and boarding for more than two hours toward Chamonix down La Vallée Blanche of France’s Mont Blanc range. My husband, Pierre, children Laurence and Simon,…
We get emails | Nous recevons des courriels
I applied for the Rhodes Scholarship this past September and attended an interview selection process with 9 other candidates in Alberta. The application was a rigorous one and I spent many hours fine tuning the most important piece of the package, the personal statement. This statement stated my intentions for proposed study at oxford and…
Extra Innings | Manches supplémentaires
Many thanks to all our readers who are life members or who are annual members of the RMC Club of Canada. In particular, all of you who stepped up and took out a life membership over the past 12 months demonstrated a tangible sign of support for the current Club leadership.2008 promises to be another…
Thank You & Happy New Year
Thank you for reading e-Veritas…2007 was a great year for this site, complete with a new format and a strong, loyal and growing readership. 2008 will mark the site’s fourth year, and we can’t thank you enough for allowing us the continued opportunity to keep you “connected” to the RMC community. We have many to…
TARGET IN SIGHT! Leonard Birchall Pavilion: Target $900,000
TARGET IN SIGHT! Leonard Birchall Pavilion: Target $900,000 We have now received $810,000 in donations and pledges and require $90,000 to reach our target by year end 2007. Support to the project has been overwhelming! We ask that if you have not done so to please make a gift to the Birchall Pavilion before December…
Don Cherry wearing the RMC “red & white” scarf
See the video of Don Cherry wearing the RMC “red & white” scarf (available in the RMC Gift Shop) on HNIC. For many of your Shopping ideas, consider the RMC Club Gift Shop: http://www.rmcclub.ca/GiftShop/GiftShop.htm
In This Issue 28 – Dans ce numéro 28
IN THIS ISSUE 28 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. Death Notice: 3746 Paul Roy Lavallée, (CMR ’52 / RMC ’57); 10973 Rocky…
Quotation | Citation
“The Royal Military College is a higher education institution that plays an essential role for the Canadian Forces and for our country… Throughout the ranks, the leadership of the Canadian Forces is smart, flexible and adaptive. And a good deal of the credit for this should go to the Royal Military College. This is a…
Trivia | Bagatelle
The following four have another thing in common besides being gentlemen Ex cadets: 7264 KR Betts; 8241 VM Caines; 8335 JEC Naud; & 9318 DB Bindernagel. a. RMC was their CMC of entry; b. All are former Commandants of RRMC; c. All attended CMR prior to arrival at RMC; or d. All four were varsity…
Deaths | deces
3746 Paul Roy Lavallée, (CMR ’52 / RMC ’57) est décédé le 23 novembre, 2007, à Aylmer, QC. Funérailles à l’église St. Paul, Aylmer, à 13h30 mardi, 27 novembre. 3746 Paul Roy Lavallée, (CMR ’52 / RMC ’57), died November 23, 2007 at Aylmer, QC. Funeral service at St. Paul’s Church, Aylmer, at 1:30 PM…