Archive for November, 2007
Canada Corner
A Century of Scouting
A hundred years ago, the Boy Scouts came to Canada. And since its arrival on our shores, hundreds of thousands of Canadians have done their best to “be prepared”, by embracing the movement’s values of honour, integrity and [...]
November 1, 2007, by James Careless
Unit Reunions
Unit Reunions Nov/Dec 2007
CANADIAN SCOTTISH REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION–June 6-8, Nelson, B.C. Cdn. Scottish Regimental Assoc., Box 44180, RPO Gorge, Victoria, BC V9A 7K1; Jack Amo, 250-474-1480, j.amo@shaw.ca.
CANADIAN FORCES STATION FOYMOUNT–Aug. 8-10, Eganville, Ont. Dave [...]
November 1, 2007
News
NEW BRUNSWICK CONVENTION Command Gets Its Finances In Order
The big news at 2007′s New Brunswick convention is that the command is in good financial shape and new provincial President Mavis Cooper is looking forward to keeping it that way.
This year’s New Brunswick provincial convention–the command’s 78th–was held in Miramichi on the Labour Day weekend, [...]
November 1, 2007, by Adam Day
News
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CONVENTION Delegates Consider Future Changes
While The Royal Canadian Legion conducts a major review on governance and structure, Newfoundland and Labrador Command has gone on record to say it would oppose “any and all forms of amalgamation” that involve the command.
Newfoundland and Labrador Command’s opposition took the form [...]
November 1, 2007, by Dan Black
News
Breaking Records At Track And Field
A slow clap accelerated as thrower Wiley Collins picked up his javelin and proceeded to his mark. Soon it was a rapid clap as Collins made his short run and then let go a 74-metre toss clear into the New Brunswick air.
The clapping was coming not [...]
November 1, 2007, by Tom MacGregor
News
Government Responds To Convention Resolutions
The Royal Canadian Legion scored a significant success last year when the federal government agreed to split pension income for married seniors as of the 2007 tax year. The move which will reduce the amount of taxes paid by some seniors on fixed [...]
November 1, 2007, by Tom MacGregor
News
Government Announces Agent Orange Compensation
The federal government has agreed to offer a one-time ex gratia payment of $20,000 to those who suffered as a result of testing with Agent Orange and other chemicals at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in the 1960s.
The announcement was made Sept. 12 in Fredericton by newly [...]
November 1, 2007, by Tom MacGregor
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
One Family’s Tree
The bur oak stands on land that has been in my husband’s family for more than a century. Its roots are deep and strong and its branches spread in all directions. The trunk has been made solid by sunshine [...]
November 1, 2007, by Sharron Arksey
Canadian Military History in Perspective
Lost To Friendly Fire: Air Force, Part 24
Recent events in Afghanistan have acquainted Canadians with the expression “friendly fire.” The term–denoting deadly fire from what should be a friendly source–may be relatively new, yet cases of mistaken [...]
November 1, 2007, by Hugh A. Halliday
