Ex-Cadets & More in the News
Veterans struggling with PTSD speak out about benefits of service dogs “In a very few short months, she’d had such a dramatic impact on my life that I knew I had to help others get the kind of help that I’ve had,” 13855 Retired Capt. Medric Cousineau – Article (short video) *** Canada’s Iraq commander…
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Canadian CF-18s bombed IS defensive positions, general says “The rules of engagement that I’m going to use in terms of combatant casualties, is I’m not going to stand before you and tie one aircraft strike to one set of casualties,” 15696 Lieutenant-General Jonathan Vance, Commander Canadian Joint Operations Command – Article *** Royal Canadian Air…
Ex Cadets & Catching Up With the News
Caption: Cadets of the First Intake into the Royal Naval College of Canada in 1911 with their officers and instructors. Those pictured include the first four Canadians to die in active service in World War One on board Her Majesty’s Ship Good Hope at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November, 1914. They were: Arthur…
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A very special thank you to the four Ex Cadets that recently took out a 212 Business Sponsorship for 2014: 7278 Peter Fosberry – Fosbery Insurance Agency; 15737 Bryan Brulotte – MaxSys; 12833 Pierre Lafond – Holonics; and 14019 Edward Gallagher – Patriot Law Group We look forward to more Ex Cadets (and others) who…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Smoke, No Mirrors: The Dutch Pension Plan “The rest of the world sort of laughs at the United States — how can a great country like the United States get so many things wrong?” said Keith Ambachtsheer, 6584 Keith Ambachtsheer – article *** Vessel named after Canadian killed in Afghanistan combat Nichola Goddard died in…
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Low-profile Canso takes Postmedia deal’s lead Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. takes its name from an aircraft that can weather the elements, and taking on turbulent debt is exactly what the corporate bond portfolio manager did to support Postmedia Network Canada Corp.’s recent newspaper deal. Canso has a long Canadian history managing money for institutional and…
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Short CKWS video here *** Governor General at the Citadelle of Québec – Presenting Medals & Awards Among the recipients: MERITORIOUS SERVICE CROSS (MILITARY DIVISION) 14596 Major-General Dean James Milner, O.M.M., M.S.C., C.D. MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (MILITARY DIVISION) 16301 Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Christian Guy Leblanc, M.S.M., C.D. 21000 Captain Trevor Mark Pellerin, M.S.M., C.D. 15273 Colonel…
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PM announces the name of the first of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf was born in Bedford, Nova Scotia, in 1903 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) as a cadet in 1918 to attend the Royal Naval College of Canada in Esquimalt, British Columbia. From 1921 until 1925, he…
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Lieutenant-General (retired) Fred Sutherland invested as 4 Wing honorary colonel “Obviously, as [Air Force] commander, I could convey no favouritism,” he said. “However, I can now say, with the impunity that retirement brings, that Cold Lake was always a favourite – because, in large part, of the special spirit I always found here.” 6014 Lieutenant-General…
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New chancellor 7771 Jim Leech is a graduate of both Queen’s and RMC On Canada Day, former President and CEO of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), Jim Leech, assumed his three-year term as the 14th chancellor of Queen’s University. Chancellor Leech earned his undergraduate degree at the Royal Military College of Canada before obtaining…
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Hector enters mayoral race “My goal is to become the full-time mayor that Kingston needs and deserves as we face some challenging times.” 14444 Dorothy Hector – Article *** 18550 Major Todd Anstey took over the position – Director Support Services at RMCC last week. A short hand-over ceremony was held in Currie Hall with…
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Retiring 13337 Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare says the world needs more diplomacy “Pre 9/11 there wasn’t a significant consciousness of the need for Canadian Forces in the modern age. Post 9/11 everybody’s paradigm had a sort of shake, and there was a sort of consciousness that the world is not a safe and secure, take-it-for-granted, stable…