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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

        For this week, Ric’s photo theme is the “RCMP Museum in the early 1950s.”         Some old photographs have been discovered relating to “Depot” Division.  Amongst these photographs were images of the old Museum prior to RCMP Centennial Museum and prior to being in the basement of “B” […]

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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

      For this week, Ric has selected the photographic theme of “Old Force post cards.”  This theme is a continuation from the past two weeks.         The achievements and challenges of these early Force members were stories of personal sacrifices in providing the best possible services to the west.   […]

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Funeral for Port Moody PD Veteran

      The following notice has been received from the Executive Assistant to the Chief Constable of the Port Moody Police Department.         The service for  Allan Gordon Dunn will take place on Monday, February 3rd 2014 at the following church: Northside Foursquare Church, 1460 Lansdowne Drive Coquitlam, BC The service […]

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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

      For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photography theme of “RNWMP Depot Division images on postcards.”  The colour was after the photograph was taken and was usually hand painted.       As the photographs illustrate below, many Depot buildings have come and gone. However, the “A” Block building and the […]

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Tribute to: Robert Metcalfe

    With the recent redesign of our Canadian currency bills, few citizens are aware of the significance of individual included on these new bills.           Veteran Shirley Hall submitted to us a copy of a narrative entitled “The  Veteran On Our Ten Dollar Bill” (S.R.M. Fenton) which appeared in the […]

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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

        For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photograph theme of “Royal North West Mounted Police postcards at Depot.”         Early commercial photographs were taken and sold as postcards.  The Force was a popular topic for being photographed.  These photographs provide a valuable insight to the early times […]

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RCMP Heritage Centre: Beyond Friberg Exhibition

The RCMP Heritage Centre is proud to present a tribute exhibition to an American artist Arnold Friberg called “Beyond Friberg.”  His artwork has become famous and has highlighted the hardships and isolation of police work carried out by members of the Force. The image of the Force has been amplified by fictional and historical books, […]

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Vancouver Division Vets’ 2014 Golf Tournament

        As in previous years, we are holding another spring golf tournament. The details of this tournament are provided below:       Date: Thursday, June 5th, 2014 Time: 1:15 PM Registration: 11:00 AM Location: Kings Links Golf Course 3388 – 72nd St, Delta, BC 604-952-0999 Green Fees & Dinner – $90.00 […]

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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

        For this week, Ric’s photography theme is “cameras captured images of members at their outpost or on detachment.”       Since the creation of the Force in 1873, cameras have been able to capture the images of members stationed at various locations in Canada.  The following images are provided for your […]

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Ric Hall’s Photo Corner

        For this week, Ric Hall’s photo theme is “Collection Of Photos Received.”         Over the past several weeks, Ric has received many photographs from various individuals across Canada.  The received photographs are included below for your viewing pleasure: Veteran Mel Hart forwarded the following photograph of RCMP Veteran Ted […]

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