RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

Office of the Veterans Ombudsman We work to ensure that veterans and their families are treated fairly and have access to the programs and services that contribute to their wellbeing. We also study and recommend ways to make these programs better. If you are a serving CAF member, RCMP member, Veteran, family member or representative […]

  RCMP Veterans’ Association This information is being provided to all Association Members Royal Lepage Newsletter – June 2020 Dear Members of the Association, Please find attached the summer maintenance Newsletter from our sponsor, Royal LePage.  It includes a handy checklist of items to examine before it (winter) appears. We are most appreciative of the support of […]

An Opening Appears Dear Members of the Association, News of rising rates of suicides amongst first-responders is troubling in the extreme. The often-asked question is what could have prompted this. And, when no questions are asked and the event is put away for another day, it is forgotten. An inconvenient truth has been avoided. But […]

Reach Out To That Hand As most of you are aware, this past Thursday, September 10, was National Suicide Prevention Day. With the continuing bombardment from the news media, much of which contains only partial information, it is easy to understand why many of us who have unselfishly served Canada for decades take these criticisms […]

l   Karl Herman RICHERT Staff Sergeant (Ret’d) Reg #19180 1934 – 2020 Years of Service: 1955 – 1991 Postings:  “A”, “G” and “E” Divisions Obituary and Condolences RICHERT; Karl Herman, known to his friends as Karl with a ‘K’, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2020, at Delta View Care Centre at the age of […]

    Maxine Vivian Lemieux – November 19,  1929 to September 11, 2020 Maxine Vivian Lemieux (B:  Nov 19, 1929) passed away peacefully at home on September 11, 2020.  Maxine was the wife of long time Vancouver Division Veteran, Dan Lemieux (Reg # 15230).  Maxine was a proud recipient of the Unpaid Second Man Award […]

  Straight Talk About Suicide Dear Members of the Association, CSM Al McCambridge has provided the following message from Commissioner Lucki delivered in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day. I should also mention that during a 2020-09-09 Board of Directors meeting which CSM McCambridge attended he said that there was a very strong feeling in […]

  Depot Division National Memorial Service Dear Members of the Association On Wednesday, 2020-09-09, CSM Al McCambridge brought to the Association’s attention the live streaming of the Force’s National Memorial Service from Depot. With this being an event of great interest to both serving and retired members it was suggested that the coordinates of the event […]

  The comfort and joy that can be found in books is undeniable!  The Reckoning – The conclusion to Operation Wormwood has arrived! On the Day of Reckoning, everyone is called to account for their actions. Award-winning crime fiction writer Helen C. Escott is back with the thrilling conclusion to Operation Wormwood – The Reckoning published by […]

Constable Edgar Millen – Reg # 9669 – RCMP Honour Roll # 51 Recently I submitted an article to our Vancouver Division web site on the recollections of members involved in the attempted arrest and search for Albert Johnson, always to be known as “The Mad Trapper of Rat River.” See: https://rcmpveteransvancouver.com/the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river/.  The attempted arrest […]