RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there. The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How […]

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How the […]

    Inspector Charles La Nauze, Corporal Dennis Withers and Sgt. James Freeman make a fourteen month patrol by dog team from Fort Norman to the mouth of the Coppermine River to arrest tow Inuit – Uloqsaq and Sinisiak for the murder of two priests.         BACKGROUND In late 1913, Jean-Baptiste Rouvière […]

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How the […]

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How […]

On the 1st of May 1951, the RCMP officially took over policing from the Surrey  Municipal Police Department. The RCMP’s pattern of taking over other police agencies dates back to 1920 when the federal government changed the name of the Force from the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police […]

    On the 21st of May 2011 at 12:30 PM, a new plaque will be officially re-dedicated to Cst. Roger Pierlet who was killed while on duty while working in Cloverdale.         On the 20th of May 1976, the original plaque was officially dedicated to Cst. Roger Pierlet and was placed […]

On the 1st of May 2011, Cloverdale was the host location for the Surrey Detachment’s 60th Anniversary Parade.  The location for the event was next to the old 1912 City Hall which was the original Cloverdale Detachment. Mayor Diane Watts and a number of dignitaries were on hand for this Anniversary Parade as were: one […]