RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

  Hello Everyone:  Today, May 29th, is International Day of UN Peacekeepers.  According to Veterans Affairs, Canada’s role in peacekeeping began in 1956 and our peacekeepers have served around the world. More than 125,000 Canadian Armed Forces members have served in dozens of countries over the past 7 decades.  They typically wear blue helmets or […]

The Fog of War! Like many members of Marine Services at the outbreak of WW II Robert Auburn Stewart MacNeil, OBE, arm raised, served in the RCMP Marine Services, Reg # 12199-Officer # 0.359, joining the RCMP in 1932.  He switched over to the Royal Canadian Navy at the beginning of WWII.  When the war […]

Good Morning Everyone: Please be advised that the June Meeting of the RCMP Veterans Vancouver Division that was originally scheduled for June 13 has been postponed. The new date for the Chilliwack meeting is THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 at the same venue, the Chilliwack Curling Club.  Further details will be forwarded to you as the date […]

Please be reminded of the First Responders Lunch on May 23rd, 2024, for 1130, at The Old Spaghetti Factory Langley, located at 20077 91A Ave., Langley. VPD Sgt (RET) Brian Honeybourn, and his team of retirees do an excellent job of organizing the venue, and all the fun activities. WARNING: DO NOT PARK IN THE […]

To all Division Presidents. As we will not have an Assocation news letter for May, I an sharing this message with you to share with your Division membership as you see fit. Glen Glen SIEGERSMA Chief Administration Officer /Chef de l’administration Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association/ Association des vétérans de la Gendarmerie royale du […]

The Quarterly – Publicity Campaign Good afternoon from Calgary where winter persists… This is Ted Sisk, a fellow veteran and member of The Quarterly’s editorial management committee. Once again this year, The Quarterly is going a country wide publicity campaign in the hope of increasing subscription numbers. In 2023, the various associations were fantastic in […]

Date:      June 13, 2024 Time:     11AM – 3PM Place:    Chilliwack Curling Club, 45550 Spadina Avenue, Chilliwack, BC NOTE: This event is open to your guests, spouse, best buddy, or whatever.  Please bring that person along and let them enjoy our social time together. We have confirmed our room and place for this date, set […]

Below is a link to the Regina Leader Post article about the life and death of Constable David Latimer Cowan, Reg # 635, Honour Roll # 9.  The article certainly adds more, and corrects some previous errors, of his short life.   For ease of reading I transposed the article in the link to a Word […]

Leslie Frederick Stephen Holotuk Staff Sergeant (Retired) Reg #20167 1938 – 2024 Years of Service: 1957 – 1983 Postings:  “E” Division RCMP Veterans’ Association Member Vancouver Division November 1, 1938 – March 12, 2024 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Steve Holotuk on March 12, 2024 in Mission, after a long […]