RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

        Canadian men and women in the Armed Forces and emergency services dedicate their lives to serving the citizens in Canada. In so doing, they make many sacrifices to help others.     When these same dedicated individuals are faced with a medical emergency or family crisis their focus shifts to their […]

      For this week, Ric is seeking your assistance in identifying the unknown RCMP Dog Services members.           On December 20, 2014, we posted the following images of an unknown RCMP Dog handler and his dog. Today, we have confirmed the identify of the RCMP Police Service Dog hander […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler.         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed away, his family has […]

      The following is taken from the 1949 edition of the “Scarlet and Gold Magazine.” Author unknown.           The Force’s association with the lance, which it uses in tent-pegging, mounted sports, musical rides and other ceremonials, goes back to 1874. During the historic march across the [prairie that year, […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler.         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed away, his family has […]

      Thinking back to arriving at Peace River S/D (Sub-Divisions remember them?) right out of training, one of the characters, those of us that were there in the mid-1960s, we would remember was the S/D Admin NCO S/Sgt. Howie Shannon (Reg.#14564).       Fairly robust in stature, cigarette dangling from his mouth […]

      While going through his old Force papers, Veteran Ric Hall came across an information booklet published by the RCMP in 1960 and with the title of  “Depot Division Past And Present.”         We have included the details and photographs from the booklet for your reading pleasure. On May 23, […]

      Recently I was contacted by e-mail the great granddaughter of a former member of the Force who lives on Vancouver Island. She had some of her great grandfather’s uniform pieces stored in a box.       She wanted to dispose of the kit and was looking for the best way to […]

    With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler.           Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed away, his family has […]

      For the RCMP Centennial in 1973, RCMP Veteran Thomas Grant Galloway Raisbeck provided an account of his time in the RCMP to the Edmonton Journal newspaper. Tom’s story is provided below for your reading pleasure.         Background Details: Tom was born on June 14, 1910 at Taber Alberta and […]