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  • 2016 Poppy Campaign Launches

    Westmount, Quebec – 28 October 2016: The RMR Association (Branch 14) kicked off the 2016 annual poppy campaign in Westmount with the help of the Mayor of Westmount, His Worship Peter Trent, CD and…

    October 29, 2016

  • Contemporary history at RMR Museum

    Westmount, Quebec – 25 October 2016: It isn’t very often that the RMR Museum receives an artifact from the same year that the history was made, but recently it received a Canadian…

    October 25, 2016

  • Promotions to Sergeant at the RMR

    Westmount, Quebec – 25 October 2016: At the CO’s parade held on 11 September 2016, LCol Denis promoted two new Sergeants which is the second year in a row that the Regiment…

    October 25, 2016

  • RMR Welcomes Home Deployed Members

    Westmount, Quebec – 25 October 2016: While care packages have been sent to deployed soldiers since time immemorial, one RMR tradition that has been enduring for the past decade or more is…

    October 25, 2016

  • RMR WW2 Vet helps badge new soldiers

    Westmount, Quebec – 25 October 2016: The Commanding Officer of The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR), Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Francois Denis, held a CO’s parade in September that was quite memorable for all in attendance.…

    October 25, 2016

  • Great time had by all at 3rd annual RMR Reunion Smoker!

    Saturday 03 September 2016 was the third iteration of the annual RMR Smoker reunion. First hosted in 2014 as part of the Centennial activities and to mark 100 years of successful service to Canada,…

    October 8, 2016

  • ON THE HILL: RMR SOLDIERS PARADE WITH CEREMONIAL GUARD

    Story and photos by Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) Ottawa, Ontario – 26 August 2016: A good summer job, the chance to explore a new city, the honour of representing their regiment and…

    August 27, 2016

  • RMR veteran featured in WW1 photo display at Atwater Market

    Westmount, Quebec – 19 August 2016: Comrade Mike Fitzgerald, past-president of the RMR Association (Branch 14) of the Royal Canadian Legion and a former Sergeant in the RMR, was invited to participate…

    August 21, 2016

  • Summer Times in Valcartier : Development Phase 1

    Article written by Corporal J-P Vallières (RMR) Westmount, Quebec – 09 August 2016: I remember thinking on the first day of this course that it wasn’t going to be anything like the Basic…

    August 9, 2016

  • Army Commander’s Commendation for RMR family member

    Westmount, Quebec – 25 July 2016: In a ceremony held in Ottawa on 13 July 2016, Colonel George Petrolekas, MSM, CD, (Commanding Officer of the RMR 1999-2002) was awarded the Canadian Army…

    July 25, 2016