RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      Both within the Force and in retirement, individuals unselfishly volunteer their services to enrich their communities.           One such individual is Veteran Perry Edwards. He and his family volunteer their time with the Wildlife Rescue Association. According to Perry, “a record-setting Wildlife Rescue transport day for Ryder & dad […]

      Over the past week, we have received many submitted photographs from various Veterans living across Canada.           Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the top ten.  These photographs are provided for your viewing pleasure. 1) Veteran Perry Edwards photographed and submitted “Ryder & Dad […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us the images and narrative below.           Before I retired I started to do up wooden character pieces for friends when they were retiring. It did take on a life of it’s own as other’s wanted one. I tried to make them to suit […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed […]

      The fear and concerns of having your home broken into and losing priceless family treasures is a concern for most Veterans.         We have pulled together some informative videos to find and develop safe storage areas within your home.  If you are handy, you can create your own secret […]

    Sixty-one years ago, Special Constable Andrew Ooyoumut drown while in the service to the RCMP.  It was only in 2011 that his name was added to the RCMP Honour Roll as being the #227 entry and his name is now listed on the RCMP Cenotaph at “Depot” Division.         In […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed […]

      The Red Coat Trail roughly follows an approximately 1300 km journey taken by the North West Mounted Police to bring the law and order to the Canadian West.         From Fort Dufferin, Manitoba to the Old Man River in southwestern Alberta where they established Fort Macleod, this was the […]

    The picture below appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Saturday, August 01, 2015, edition under the banner “This Week In History: 1959 – “the burning of the bonds.”           August 01, 1959, the Premier of BC, W.A.C. Bennett, was to burn the mortgage on British Columbia. All of the bonds […]

      Ric Hall received from Marv Ukraineitz an old 1963 photograph of the RCMP motorcycle course held at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Surrey, B.C.           According to Marv “RCMP Cpl. Bill Hulgaard and Cpl. William Todd were the instructors. There were motorcycles Cloverdale, and Burnaby. The training was required […]