Kingston Branch Nabs High-Profile Keynote Speaker: 14596 MGen Dean Milner
Proud Dad! – MGen (ret) Clive Milner (left), Ted Davie and guest speaker MGen Dean Milner. A large number of members were privileged to hear about Canada’s commitment to the war in Afghanistan from the final commander, MGen Dean Milner. MGen Milner was responsible for leading the last contingent of Canadian Forces home from that…
“The power of e-VERITAS as a communication vehicle is awesome!”
Greetings, Bill, and many thanks for sending along the very kind message from Jean Blackmore. I certainly remember the Blackmore family very well as my sister used to take me along to the Blackmore family home when they visited. I was the “baby” in the family, nine years younger than my brother Ken who was…
Restoring history – Generous donations funded the Rose Garden wall restoration project.
Restoring history… Generous donations funded the Rose Garden wall restoration project. The Rose Garden at Royal Roads University is beautiful by design. Part of the original Dunsmuir Estate, the garden was designed by landscape architects Brett and Hall in 1913. Concentric circles form the base for the beds, with near countless blooms arranged by…
Keeping Tabs…
Family Medicine Resident at the University of Ottawa Teacher at Ottawa Catholic School Board Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer Project Designer EIT at Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd. Exchange Officer at the Advanced Materials Technology Branch Commander Naval Military Police Group at Department of National Defence Owner at Grapnel Security Solutions Jr Equity Analyst (Student position)…
RMCC Recreation Open House
RMCC Recreation Open House As part of the ‘CAF June is Recreation Month’, the RMCC Recreation Clubs hosted an open house on Thursday June 26th at the RMC Boathouse to give staff and students a chance to try a variety of aquatic activities that our clubs offer. With a great turn-out for the afternoon, participants…
Battle of the Atlantic Place
Battle of the Atlantic Place Halifax, NS — The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest and most decisive campaign of the Second World War and a defining period for Canada. In 2011, the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust launched the Battle of the Atlantic Place Project to create an innovative experiential centre to celebrate and…
Deaths | Décès
TETLEY, William Aubrey C.M., Q.C., LL.L. February 10, 1927 – July 1, 2014 Lawyer, politician, law professor, author, collector of Canadian art, William A. Tetley passed away peacefully in Montreal, Quebec at age 87 years. Beloved husband of 59 years to Rosslyn (nee Abraham). Loving father of Pauline (Craig Duncan) (Toronto), Jane (Thomas Logan) (Ottawa),…
RMC Class of 1969 Annual Golf Event
2014 RMC Class of ’69 Invitational Golf The Cove at Mary Lake, Huntsville, Ontario The RMC flag flew proudly over the Cove at Mary Lake from 15-21 June as 16 members of the Class of ’69 gathered for a week of golf, comradeship and culinary delights. The week was hosted by 8061 Bob Morton and…
In This Issue 25
Photo of the Week By Curtis Maynard A tip of the hat to the following members who just recently updated their Club membership status: Chapeau aux membres suivants qui ont tout récemment mis à jour leur adhésion au Club: M1026 Kevin R Connolly – Lifetime membership; 4023 James A McPherson – Lifetime membership; 10444 James…
Claude Scilley in Conversation: 14444 Dorothy Hector
‘Daddy, I want to wear one of those red jackets’ By CLAUDE SCILLEY You might not suspect that the first woman to be named an outstanding athlete at Royal Military College dreaded the thought of physical training. “I was in PT hell at RMC,” Dorothy Hector says today, almost 30 years after she received that…
Ex-Cadets and More in the News
7771 Jim Leech presented with the Niagara Institutional Dialogue’s Lifetime Achievement Award Previous honourees have included renowned pension expert 6584 Keith Ambachtsheer, Malcolm Hamilton, the former partner with Mercer Consulting whose thought leadership has helped guide many of Canada’s foremost pension plans and the Rt. Honourable Paul Martin who as Finance Minister fostered a historic…