RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    Veteran Ric Hall has undertaken an effort to review the early North West Mounted Police Annual Reports to the Canadian government. In so doing, he has provided some of the notable details below for your reading pleasure.         Sub-Inspector Denny wrote of a meeting with the Blackfoot Indians which was […]

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

        For this week, Ric Hall has sent to us some RCMP trivia and question for our readers.         According to the July 1936 RCMP Quarterly – “A new departure in training is being tested this summer, sixty recruits, from “Depot” having been attached to “F” and “K” Divisions, […]

    Recently I did an article for the Vancouver Veterans’ web site in response to a query from retired Staff Sergeant Doug Buchta regarding the changes to the wearing of Sam Browne equipment by Officers and Sergeants Major.         His question was as a result of seeing pictures of the trophy […]

      Veteran Ric Hall has undertaken an effort to review the early North West Mounted Police Annual Reports to the Canadian government.  In so doing, he has provided some of the notable details below for your reading pleasure.       In May 1873 the Canadian Parliament passed an act to provide for […]

      This article was provided to us by Doreen Larsen Riedel (daughter of the late Supt. Henry Larsen).  Her article provides  details of the RCMP Vessel St. Roch’s journey through the Arctic and the challenges faced by the original crew members.  This article originally appeared in the Argonauta (Volume XXXI Number 4 Autumn […]

      Last week, we received an email message from one of our Division members over a photograph of a Force Staff Sergeant Major wearing a sam browne belt at a public event.         Veteran Doug Buchta send out the following message: I am passing along a curious observation, trusting one […]

        Donna Morse was a member of Troop #17 1974/75 which consisted of the first female members in the RCMP.  Her reflection of those early days in the Force are outlined below.       It didn’t take long for Donna Morse to prove she earned the right to police the streets […]

    His nickname was “Nitchie” to his friends and was described as a “capable, courageous, hard-working and above all, imbued with an unflagging sense of duty.”  His image was captured by one the Canadian Group of Seven artists: Franz Johnston’s painting called “Beyond The Law.”  For many years, this painting was hung in the […]

  Our website normally posts new books that are either fictional or non-fiction accounts of the RCMP or its members. Most are written by retired members and we are committed to supporting them. In keeping with that theme of support, we have a new book to announce, but this one is considerably different than our […]