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5576 Mr Leonard G Lee (RRMC RMC 1962) founded Lee Valley Tools, a small mail-order business selling gardening and woodworking tools across Canada in 1978 . He developed the family-fun enterprise into a multimillion-dollar enterprise that now has more than 900 employees and 11 retail outlets from Halifax to Vancouver. In 1985, he founded Veritas…
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Before a large crowd of spectators and invited guests, the last graduating class of “Air Navigators”, comprised of three members each from the Canadian and Portuguese Air Forces received their navigator’s wings from 11330 MGen Angus W Watt (CMR ’77), Chief of the Air Staff. With rapid technological advancements and the introduction into the Air…
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7855 Paul Hession (left in picture) accepted the prestigious silver distinction award from CATA (http://www.cata.ca/) President John Reid at the 16th annual GTEC (http://www.gtec.ca/) gala held at the Great Hall of the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau Quebec. The National Award recognizes Paul’s role as the executive leader of the team which successfully piloted a…
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7771 Mr James (Jim) W Leech (RRMC RMC 1968) is President and CEO, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Toronto. He was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Leech has a B.Sc. in mathematics (Royal Military College of Canada) and an MBA (Queen’s University). He is married with three children. Leech is 61. He controls $108.5 billion in…
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B0171 Major (ret’d) Gilles Brière (RMC ’90) is a remarkable engineer from Quebec with extraordinary stamina, a talent for logistics and an unshakable desire to serve mankind. On May 24, 2003, the Canadian Council of Profession Engineers honoured Gilles Brière, ing., with the Meritorious Service Award for Community Service for his selfless contributions to world…
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5337 Mr Bob A Carr (CMR RMC ’63) is president of the Hamilton branch of the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada. Art Gallery of Hamilton director Louise Dompierre presented Hamilton residents Bob and Maggie Carr with the Ontario Association of Art Galleries OAAG’s 2008 Partner Award recognizing their lead gift of $500,000 to the…
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The best of the best in CF sports and fitness will gather in Ottawa November 22 for the annual CF Sports Awards Ceremony. Among the incredible athletes who have made it to the finals as nominees for CF Male Athlete of the Year:11338 Major Bruce B Barteaux (RMC 1978), the Vice Chief of the Defence…
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Click HERE to go to the The Poppy Campaign website. Cliquez ICI pour accéder au site de la campagne du coquelicot. _________________________________________________________ Colonel was proud to be known as an ‘Army Girl’ ‘Force of nature’ could fix things and believed people could achieve anything with support – 14491 Karen Ritchie _________________________________________________________ Top 40 Under 40:…
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H4860 General (Ret’d) John de Chastelain will receive an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree at the Saint Mary’s University annual fall convocation ceremony at 2pm on Sunday, Oct. 26 at the World Trade and Convention Centre, Port Royal Room. He is a retired Canadian soldier and diplomat who is an expert in international conflict…
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NAVY RECRUITING SCENE IS BLEAK 12324 Rear-Admiral Tyrone Pile (RRMC RMC ’79) Port Hope High School graduate leads search-and-rescue squadron 17829 LCol Tom Dunne (RMC ’91) He has no place in my Canada 12570 Mike Kennedy (RMC ’80) Recruiter for a Day: an idea brought to life 13260 Matthew Overton (RRMC ’81) Moving Out 22374…
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6894 Mr Alan P. Burke (RMC 1966) owns and operates Orcagis Inc., a management and technical consulting firm which delivers executive consulting, product development and software process re-engineering for mission, safety and life-critical environments. His academic background is in Science (Mathematics & Physics from Canada’s Royal Military College. He was the Cadet Wing Pipe Major…