RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

Thank you and farewell from Assistant Commissioner McDonald The RCMP and City of Surrey have announced the Surrey RCMP’s new Officer in Charge (see news release), and I am pleased to welcome Chief Superintendent Brian Edwards to the detachment.C/Supt. Edwards has a degree in law and over 24 years of policing experience in both municipal […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members Cannabis and Steele Gentle Association Reader, President Allan Speevak of Okanagan Division has drawn our attention to events unfolding in the otherwise quiet hamlet of Cranbrook, B.C. It all began when a local cannabis entrepreneur, Jeff Weaver, […]

RCMP VETERANS’ ASSOCIATION Mefloquine – Use as Anti-Malarial Medication for Deployed RCMP Personnel This bulletin has been distributed to all Association Members. Association Members:  If you were deployed overseas during your service with the RCMP, the following information respecting the anti-malarial medication Mefloquine (also known as Lariam) may be of interest to you. Mefloquine is one […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members Mounted Police Members’ Legal Fund Dear Association Members, Past President Al Rivard has provided the following communication that the Fund has issued regarding the amalgamation of the Legal Fund with the new National Police Federation . James […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members London Division 2019 Remembrance Day Dear Association Members, Bill Helland of London Division has very kindly provided a copy of their report for their Remembrance Day ceremonies.  The spirit of the Division members in supporting this outreach […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members Email Advisory – Phishing Dear Association Members, One of our members from Kingston Division received an email message yesterday that appeared to be a phishing attempt.  I’m sure that virtually all of us have received these things […]

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 […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members The Passing of a Former Newfoundland Ranger Dear Association Members, Over the years since confederation Canada has had a number of provincial police forces that were eventually replaced by the Force.  Going across the country we see […]

On The Subject of Mental Health Dear Association Members, The Association continues to keep its finger on developments in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) similarly referred to as Operational Stress Injury (OSI).  You will notice that in the community concerned with the treatment of these injuries that this condition is no longer […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association Veterans Helping Veterans and Their Families This information is being provided to all Association Members Membership Eligibility in the Association Dear Association Members, President Steve Walker has received a number of queries regarding the “deemed” process that was covered in the reports from the BOD meeting in October. He has asked that […]