RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    The memories of both World Wars have faded in the minds of many Canadians.  It is only on November 11th that we stop to pay tribute to the Canadian Veterans who left for Europe and for many whose lives were sacrificed to bring freedom to the people of Europe.         […]

      Veteran Windy Gale send us the following material which he transcribed from the 1933 edition of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold magazine.  The article provides an interesting insight into the efforts of early Force members under difficult situations.       We have managed to overcome the usual reluctance of members of […]

      Veteran Ric Hall received some recent photographs of the “E” Division Pipe & Drum Band while they toured China.           According to Mike Guillemin, “it was a trip of a lifetime for 30 members of the RCMP E. Division Pipe Band based out of Surrey, BC.  To celebrate […]

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us this article which he transcribed for and it appeared in the 1964 edition of the Vancouver Division’s Magazine.         Retired Corporal Fred Bard (Reg.#4332) provided the following details to the editor of the Scarlet & Gold Magazine – Dear sir;- please find enclosed […]

        Recently, we received the following question from David Colitis:           I recently came across a question dated January 2015 regarding Sam Browne belts and the wearing of them – namely, should the strap be over the right or the left shoulder. I was a commissioned officer in […]

          Veteran Ric Hall sent us the following information and photographs for the interest of our website visitors.       Recently we did an article on the “Mysterious White Horse” that popped up in several old photographs taken in Vancouver in the 1920s. I was under the illusion that the […]

      A new book has been written and now published on the “Highway of Tears” called “Obstruction Of Justice” by RCMP Veteran Ray Michalko.           “The Highway of Tears” is a lonely seven hundred kilometer stretch of road that winds through the Coast Mountains wilderness of British Columbia. Over […]

      Veteran Windy Gale send us the following article which appeared in the 43rd edition of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.         In the autumn of 1878 when it was learned that the Princess Louise, a daughter of Queen Victoria, was to come to Canada as the consort […]

      One thing is for certain when dealing with the history of the Force, when you write a story of interest there is always someone out there who can add more to it.         The following is just one example. Recently, I wrote an article on the mysterious white horse […]

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us this article which he transcribed from the 37th edition (1955) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.           The Big Bend detachment, located in the Macleod Division in Southern Alberta, is probably one of the best known outposts in the West. […]