RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

        Commissioner A. B. Perry had created a small manual so that “each member will make himself fully conversant with the details of the manual in conjunction with the Criminal Code and other Statutes of Canada.”       Some excerpts from the Royal North West Mounted Police Constables’ Manual – 1907: […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapbook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in British Columbia.         Each week, we will post two or three of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their families.  For […]

      The Spring 2015 edition of The Quarterly is now being distributed.           This edition includes:  Cover River Of Red Flows Through St. Albert by Brenda Cox and Mary Schlosser Features Standing Shoulder To Shoulder More Than A Man In Scarlet by Jodi Ann Eskritt, Curator RCMP Land Transportation […]

      Throughout the history of the Force, sports activities have been encouraged to promote team spirit and to keep the members in top physical condition.           One of the sports that Force members have and continue to enjoy is ice hockey. As an avid hockey player and referee, Veteran […]

        It has now been 40 years since the first female members joined the RCMP. Many female members have distinguished themselves both within and outside the Force.       Veteran Jane Hall has developed the following article which highlights some of the struggles in accepting female members in the Force. Jane […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapbook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their families. […]

        For this week’s Photo Corner, Ric has selected the theme of “1950: A milestone was achieved.”         On February 1, 1920, the Royal North-West Mounted Police took over the roles and responsibilities of the Dominion Police.  In so doing, the Force became the Canadian federal police agency responsible […]

      Photography was just coming into use with the creation of the Force back in 1873.           Since that time, Force members have been photographed in different locations and situations. Photographs on paper are items that don’t wear well with time.  So many photographs have been discarded and the […]

        For this week, Ric has selected the theme of “introduction of rugby football to the Canadian prairies.”           The members of the North-West Mounted Police barracks introduced rugby football to the prairies.   Regina’s first organized rugby football team were members of Regina’s North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) who traveled […]

      For this week’s Photo Corner, Ric has selected the photo theme of “RCMP Provost Corps.”           At the outbreak of World War II the Canadian Army was without any form of military police. On September 13, 1939, the RCMP requested and received permission to form a Provost Company […]