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  • GLOBAL MONTREAL SPECIAL SERIES: THE ROYAL MONTREAL REGIMENT: PART 2

    Westmount, QC – 06 October 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week describing…

    October 6, 2014

  • Battle for Leopold Canal: 70 Years Later

    Westmount, 06 October 2014 – Today is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Leopold Canal, one of the Regiment’s principal battle honours won in the Second World War.  Maj Robert Schwob,…

    October 6, 2014

  • Global Montreal Special Series: The Royal Montreal Regiment: Part 1

    Westmount, QC – 29 September 2014:  In the five weeks leading up to November 1st, 2014 RMR Centennial Gala ball sponsor Global Montreal is running a series of historical “time capsules” once per week…

    September 29, 2014

  • Canada Post Launches Commemorative Envelope for RMR

    Westmount, QC – 16 September 2014:  In a dignified ceremony held in the Officers’ Mess of The Royal Montreal Regiment, Mr. Guy Morrissette, Manager of Retail Business for Canada Post, formally presented…

    September 18, 2014

  • Retired Colour Sashes On Display

    Westmount, QC – 18 September 2014:  The colour sashes of The Royal Montreal Regiment were replaced a few years back by the generous donation by then Honorary Colonel Henry F. Hall, CD,…

    September 17, 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

  • OLYMPIC SUMMER

    Written by Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) The summer of 1976 was a good one for the soldiers of the RMR. The Olympic games were being held in Montreal and if you wanted…

    July 7, 2014

  • RMR Nijmegan Team Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Camp Valcartier

    Quebec City, 15 June 2014 – A nine man team from The Royal Montreal Regiment marched from CFB Valcartier to the Port of Quebec in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Camp Valcartier’s…

    June 15, 2014

  • The Intercom – Blast From the Past: 1990

    28 May 2014, Montreal – As part of our Centennial Project to collect as many past editions of the Intercom that we can find, Corporal Frank Laciak, a keen collector of RMR…

    May 27, 2014

  • Air Canada Publishes RMR’s Steacie story

    Montreal, 01 May 14 – The RMR was featured in Air Canada’s Horizons magazine, telling the story of how Captain Richard Steacie’s grave marker was brought to Montreal to reside in the…

    May 1, 2014