Sports Update…
CISM Triathlon Camp By: 25509 – II Andreas Schabetsberger Age group and CISM Triathletes of all ages got together for the first triathlon camp held at the Royal Military College of Canada recently. The camp was organized by Club President IV Patrick Wheeler and III Aaron Bradley and had a focus on technical skill development…
Otter Squadron Member Receives Sacrifice Medal from GG
Otter Squadron Member Receives Sacrifice Medal from GG By: NCdt Dean Fleet M0917 Last week Governor General Michaelle Jean awarded 46 of the newly created Sacrifice Medals in a ceremony at Rideau Hall; M0955 Jesse Melnyck of Otter Sqn, a third-year Economics student, was among those honoured by this compassionate royal representative. The Sacrifice Medal…
Maclean’s Magazine Heaps Praise on RMC
RMC – prominent in latest Maclean magazine Tough. Challenging. Rewarding. That’s student life at the Royal Military College ______________________________________________________________________ The Royal Military College of Canada was ranked 2nd best Research University of the Year in the Undergraduate category in 2009 by Research Infosource Inc. The Royal Military College of Canada provides undergraduate and advanced degree…
1924 Gold Medal Returned To RMC
Five Year Search Ends – 1924 Gold Medal Returned To RMC. By WJO Mr. F.R. (Bob) Pugh (photo R) and his wife, Lesley Grace traveled from their home in Oakville, Ontario recently and they were hosted at the RMC Senior Staff Mess by 2859 professor John G Pike (RMC 1952), chairman, RMC Museum Committee (photo…
Ned Amy – Ardent Advocate for the Reactivation of the Halifax Rifles.
– 2510 BGen (Ret’d) Edward A.C. “Ned” Amy OBE, DSO, MC (RMC 1936) A 1939 graduate of Royal Military College of Canada, he commanded A Squadron of the Calgary Regiment in Italy, where he won the Military Cross for his “determined and gallant leadership in taking and holding a vital bridgehead over the Moro River”…
Catching Up With the News
2009 Lt(N) Chris Saunders Memorial Hockey Tournament Article by 19953 Michael Spearman (RRMC 1995) Tragically, in October 2004, Lieutenant (Navy) Chris Saunders lost his life while serving onboard HMCS CHICOUTIMI. To remember Chris, and the sacrifice he made for his ship and its crew, the Lieutenant (Navy) Chris Saunders Memorial Hockey Tournament was established. In…
Otter Squadron Highlighted in Local Press
From an NCO to an officer MILITARY: More non-commissioned personnel are heading back to university to get a mid-career degree at Royal Military College The Kingston Whig-Standard – Kingston,Ontario,Canada Posted By IAN ELLIOTT / Photo: Michael Lea Officer Cadet Chris Desilets and naval cadet Renee Konigs Whether by choice or economic necessity, more people are…
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Calgary RCAF Mess Dinner: Air Force and Hawk One Project at the forefront (L-R): 3626 John Ink, 10238 Ron Guidinger, Ken Sivertson, 10223 Dan Dempsey, 9395 Don Matthews, 10080 Bob Booth The Calgary RCAF Mess Dinner took place last Friday at the Calgary Aero Space Museum, celebrating the 85th Anniversary of the RCAF and the…
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Flag honours soldiers killed by friendly fire Article by By Tamas Virag, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – A flag bearing the signatures of most of the Canadian soldiers stationed in Afghanistan when four of their colleagues died in a 2002 friendly-fire incident is on its way home to Edmonton Garrison. In an emotional ceremony Tuesday…
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RMC Professor B.J.C McKercher presented at U of O Professor B.J.C McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada, presented ‘British Foreign Policy and the Lethality of the German Threat, 1890-1939’ on March 6, 2009 at the University of Ottawa. Professor B.J.C. McKercher’s talk explored how the United Kingdom perceived and responded to the rise of Germany…
Commandant Series: 2253 C.B. Ware
V Commandant Canadian Services College at Royal Roads: 1952 – 1954 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) 2253 Major General Cameron Bethel Ware, DSO, CD (RMC 1931) was born 9 August 1913 at London, Ontario. His father was Lieutenant Colonel F. B. Ware. He joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment on graduation from RMC…
Ex-cadets in the news
New CF Ombudsman: 9485 Pierre Daigle OTTAWA – The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, is pleased to announce the appointment of 9485 MGen (Ret’d) Pierre Daigle (CMR 1973) as the new Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (CF). Mr. Daigle…