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Celebrate 100 Years in the Westmount Community!
Westmount, Quebec – 01 October 2025: We hope you will join us for a truly historic occasion: the Armoury Centennial Dinner on Friday, November 7th, 2025, held at The Royal Montreal Regiment…
October 1, 2025 -
Westmount to Honour RMR Soldiers with Lamp-Post Banners
Westmount, Quebec – 21 September 2025: This fall, Westmount’s streets will bear a striking reminder of the city’s enduring bond with The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR). The City of Westmount has approved…
September 21, 2025 -
Corporal Tobas Departs with Dignity After More Than 23 Years of Service
Westmount, Quebec – 30 August 2025 – Many members of the Regimental Family gathered at The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR) armoury on Saturday, 30 August 2025, to celebrate Corporal Tobas’s retirement and…
August 30, 2025 -
Get Ready for “Glory Never Dies”!
Westmount, Quebec – 20 August 2025: Prepare to be captivated this November by “Glory Never Dies: The Royal Montreal Regiment – An Illustrated History of a Century of Service 1914-2014,” written by…
August 21, 2025 -
Armoury Centennial Dinner Scheduled for 07 Nov 2025
Westmount, Quebec – 10 July 2025: The Royal Montreal Regiment announced that they will be hosting an Armoury Centennial Dinner on Friday, November 7th, 2025 at the RMR Armoury, 4625 Ste-Catherine West,…
July 10, 2025 -
Rum Ration Podcast Episode 16: The Ross Rifle – A Cautionary Tale for Procurement
Westmount, Quebec – 06 July 2025: In this riveting episode of the Rum Ration Podcast, your hosts take aim at the Ross Rifle—a weapon born from patriotic zeal and political ambition, but…
July 6, 2025 -
McKean Trophy (Best Soldier) awarded to Corporal Calixte
Westmount, Quebec – 19 June 2025: At the RMR’s battalion review held after their annual church parade on 04 May 2025, Corporal Olivier Calixte was named the 2025 recipient of THE CAPTAIN…
June 19, 2025 -
Rum Ration Podcast Episode 13: RMR At Ypres
Westmount, Quebec – 30 May 2025: In this gripping episode of the Rum Ration Podcast, your hosts take us deep into the Second Battle of Ypres—Canada’s brutal baptism by fire in the…
May 29, 2025 -
RMR Pays Rent to Westmount
Westmount, Quebec – 12 May 2025: On Sunday afternoon 04 May 2025, during a Battalion Review parade following the traditional annual church parade, the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Maciej Jonasz, “paid the rent”…
May 12, 2025 -
Volunteers Help Capture RMR History
Westmount, Quebec – 26 April 2025: It may have taken an extra decade, but good things come to those who wait — and photograph! A hardworking crew of volunteers recently rolled up…
April 26, 2025