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  • RMR Cadet CO briefs CJAD’s Tommy Schnurmacher

    Pointe-Claire, 31 July 2014 – The Commanding Officer of 2806 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Pointe-Claire (RMR), Captain Sybil Brooker, was a guest on the Tommy Schnurmacher show on CJAD 800 AM…

    July 31, 2014

  • SECRET WARNING ORDER ISSUED FOR WAR

    31 July 1914 – On this date, by direction of Col. Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia, Officers Commanding Canadian Militia units received secret instructions to regard as “purely tentative” the…

    July 31, 2014

  • Death of Two RMR Cadets Remembered

    Valcartier, 30 July 2014 – Members of the RMR Family joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, during a…

    July 30, 2014

  • RUSSIA MOBILIZES FOR WAR

    July 30th 1914:   Russia ordered a general mobilization on this date. Great Britain received a German proposal which did much to change Britain’s “overwhelmingly pacific” attitude.  The Germans wanted Britain to remain…

    July 30, 2014

  • RMR TEAM BACK FROM NIJMEGEN

    Westmount, 28 July 2014 – In July of 2014, the RMR sent a contingent of soldiers to take part in the Annual Nijmegen Marches.  Held in the Netherlands, “the Four Days Marches” is…

    July 29, 2014

  • Austria Declares War on Serbia: 28 July 1914

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 28 July1914:   On this day Austria declared war on Serbia.  Many Canadians believed the conflict would prove to be a “Balkan affair” of minor significance. Sadly…

    July 28, 2014

  • Serbia Appeals For Help: 1914

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:  July 24, 1914, the Serbian regent, Alexander sent a telegram to Russian Tsar Nicholas II in the middle of the so-called July Crisis of 1914.  One day…

    July 24, 2014

  • Gala Tickets On Sale

    Westmount, 23 July 2014 – The RMR Foundation has launched ticket sales online for their Centennial gala ball which will be held on Saturday 01 November 2014 at the RMR’s Armoury on…

    July 24, 2014

  • RMR VC Winner Featured in Postmedia article

    Westmount, 15 July 2014 – The RMR’s second Victoria Cross recipient George Burdon McKean, a native of Edmonton, Alberta, was featured in an article written as part of their ongoing series on The…

    July 15, 2014

  • RMR Nimegan Team Video Released

    Westmount, 08 July 2014 – The Public Affairs of 2 Division have put together and released an excellent short video on the progress of the RMR Nijemegan team. The Nijmegen Marches represent…

    July 8, 2014