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  • 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

  • Gala tickets almost sold out

    Westmount, QC – 17 September 2014:  The RMR’s Centennial Gala coming up on 01 November 2014 passed a significant milestone today as more than 400 tickets have now been sold. The maximum…

    September 17, 2014

  • PARADES, VISITORS and MORE PARADES

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 13 September 1914 – Sunday, September 13th was a fine day, the first sunny Sunday since the men had come to camp.  It was a busy…

    September 13, 2014

  • RMR Cheers the Alouettes to Victory!

    Montreal, 10 Sept 14 – Last Sunday, over a hundred members of the RMR was treated to watch a game of the Montreal Alouettes beating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 38 to 31 at…

    September 11, 2014

  • RMR SOLDIERS HELP GUARD OTTAWA’S TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

    By Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR, 1975-82) Westmount, 02 Sept 2014 – Two army reserve soldiers from the Royal Montreal Regiment had the eyes of the world on them this summer, as…

    September 2, 2014

  • RMR Centennial Reunion a Success

    Dorval, 23 August 2014 – On a beautiful sunny day several generations of the RMR Family gathered together to mark the 100th anniversary of the Regiment’s founding.  Held at the picturesque Pointe…

    August 26, 2014

  • RMR Museum Acquires 81 mm Mortar

    Westmount, 19 August 2014 – The RMR Museum has acquired an important piece of the RMR’s recent history: an 81 mm mortar.  The RMR had been tasked with providing soldiers to the Quebec…

    August 19, 2014

  • RMR’s Guarding Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    Ottawa, 15 August 2014 – Corporal Benjamin Gancz and Private Brigitte O’Driscoll from the RMR have the honour of standing guard for Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa this month.…

    August 15, 2014

  • RMR Cadets Training at Camp Argonaut

    Pointe-Claire, 07 August 2014 – Cadets from the RMR’s Pointe-Claire Cadet Corps (# 2806) have been enjoying a successful summer at Camp Argonaut (attached to CFG Gagetown) in New Brunswick.  Shown in…

    August 7, 2014

  • RIP: Comrade Don Caissie

    Westmount, 05 August 14 – RMR Association (Branch 14) of the Royal Canadian Legion regrets to announce the death of Comrade Don Caissie yesterday at Ridge Meadows, British Columbia. Pre-deceased by his parents, Romeo and…

    August 6, 2014