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Public Service Health Care Plan Improvements

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association Public Service Health Care Plan improvements Date:       August 12, 2022 Subject:  Public Service Health Care Plan improvements On Aug. 3, 2022, following more than 2 1/2 years of negotiations, the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) Partners Committee reached a deal on a renewed, modernized PSHCP. Please […]

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Dalhousie University

SIMOA Survey

Dear RCMP Veterans Association Division: We are inviting people 65 years of age and older to participate in an online survey related to sleeping pill use. The name of our survey is the SIMOA study. We are reaching out to you (and other organizations across Canada) to ask for help with sharing information about the SIMOA […]

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RCMP Vet's Crest

Miscalculation of Disability Pensions Class Action Lawsuit

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association   Updated Message to RCMPVA – Miscalculation of VAC Benefits Date:       May 27, 2022 Subject:  Updated Message to RCMPVA – Miscalculation of VAC Benefits Dear Member: Re: Miscalculation of Disability Pensions Class Action Lawsuit See Website: vetspensionerror.ca Or Call: 1-888-683-9621 This message is further to the RCMP […]

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Happy Anniversary!!

One hundred and forty-nine years ago today!  Sir John A. MacDonald introduces a bill to create the NWMP…… May 23, 1873 the bill receives Royal Assent.  Sir John A., with a stroke of his quill, changed the North West Mounted Rifles to the North West Mounted Police due to concerns from the Americans that Canada […]

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Give the gift of “The Quarterly”

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association Give the gift of “The Quarterly”   Date:       April  25, 2022 Subject:  Give The Gift of “The Quarterly” We are pleased to advise that the Spring Quarterly is now available and is on its way to subscribers mailboxes shortly. Should you wish to subscribe, you can do so […]

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RCMP Themed Pipe Music Collection

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association RCMP Themed Pipe Music Collection   Date:       April  25, 2022 Subject:  RCMP Themed Pipe Music Collection In 2023, the RCMP will celebrate their 150th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of both the RCMP Tartan and RCMP Community Bands of Pipes & Drums. As part of the commemoration of […]

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Marriage Over Sixty Testimonials

Good afternoon folks.   This message is going out to all Division Presidents and pertains to the upcoming parliamentary examination of the “Marriage Over Sixty” legislation. Your earlier enquiries amongst your respective membership revealed there are 81 Association members who are, or have entered into a marriage, including common law, after turning sixty years of […]

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The RCMP Veterans’ Historical Wall

RCMP Veterans’ Association   Date:        April 11, 2022 Subject:   The RCMP Veterans’ Historical WallAs we continue to step back into our new normal, we are all looking at the many things ​that we were able to move forward over the past two years.  As you have heard from your Division Presidents before Christmas, one of the significant […]

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Johnson/Bentley Murders

RCMP Veterans’ Association, Central Vancouver Island Division c/o Communications Director – twh22583@telus.net  Campbell River, B. C Date:       March 24th – 2022 Subject:  Johnson/Bentley Murders ***Please click below to read this message. Johnson/Bentley Murders

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Frank Trehearne

The Connecting Dots!

Often when I have written a story on an individual or event for the RCMP Vets I talk of the connecting dots…how one story leads to another.   Sometimes it takes a few years for the dots to connect.   Back in 2013 I did a story for the Vancouver Division web site on an unusual clasp […]

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