RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

RCMP Veterans’ Association, Vancouver Division Notice of Upcoming General Meeting October 17, 2019 Hazelmere Golf and Country Club, 18150 8 Avenue, Surrey, B.C. Doors Open at 11:00 AM “Blamed and Broken – The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski” By Curt Petrovich   Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to read the book […]

New Book: The Grey Zone   Don Easton is a 25-year veteran of the RCMP and worked as an undercover operative over a span of 20 years, which included 7 years working in an Intelligence Unit battling organized crime. Upon retirement, he has written a series of novels involving an undercover Mountie by the name of […]

The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten. Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982), who served  in “E” Division for 20 years, has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out […]

Vancouver Division sends out a BIG THANK YOU to Reg # 55501, John Fraser, AKA “Johnny Foxtrot”! Displayed in the Vancouver Division Veterans’ Office at Surrey Detachment is a collection of RCMP Quarterlies from 1933 to present.  Only the years 1950, 1951 and 1952 were missing. Just this past week, I have been in contact […]

2019 Campbell Valley Wine Run In support of Pacific Riding for Developing Abilities Donna Morse, Past President On September 22, 2019, the annual Campbell Valley Wine Run was held.  Unfortunately, this year, the weather was extremely rainy, but spirits weren’t dampened as we all had the opportunity to taste different varietals of wine from several […]

The Vancouver Division is in the process of striking a Division Challenge Coin and we need the input of our membership in finalizing a design.   The face of the coin would be the RCMP Veterans Association crest similar to that depicted.  The inscription would read “RCMP Veterans Association, Vancouver Division, Established 1913”.   We […]

NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE / Memoir of a Doctor’s Wife by Henrietta E. Haultain / edited by Donald J. Klancher I have felt an urge to make a record of life on the plains as I knew it, with my pen and my photographs, for the memory of it should not vanish with the passing of […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association, Vancouver Division Notice of Upcoming General Meeting October 17, 2019 Hazelmere Golf and Country Club, 18150 8 Avenue, Surrey, B.C. Doors Open at 11:00 AM “Blamed and Broken – The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski” By Curt Petrovich Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to read the book “Blamed […]

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR, AGAIN!!  HO, HO, HO!! As in past years, the E Division NCO’s mess is seeking volunteers from our Vancouver Division Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary Members to assist with the annual Children’s Christmas Party.   The Christmas Party is being held on Sunday, December 7th, 2019 from 0900 – 1300 hours at “E” Division Headquarters, […]

The Future of Fairmont Barracks – Plans for the Heather Lands As many of you may be aware the Fairmont Lands situated in the City of Vancouver was ceded to the First Nations in 2014.  Since the fall of 2017, your Vancouver Division Executive have been in discussion with the City of Vancouver regarding the retention of the […]