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Thank you for posting this story Proudnurse. Very very moving

http://legion.ca/BB_08/08-010.htm As you all know The Royal Canadian Legion recently completed negotiations with the Department of National Defence regarding the offer of a one year free membership to newly retired military personnel.  The program was set up in order to attract new members to...

OK after reading three pages on this thread I have to put in my $ 0.02 in here. We were told here also that it was a corp. memo they would not accept the poppy trays this year. Even after our Poppy Chair talked to the manager of local Mc D's. So Mike we also are finding the same problem here. I...

Good Morning this is Ms. ******* from the ******** newspaper. Could you tell me if you are having anything special on Nov. 11, and if you are can you fill me in on what its all about? And is there a theme to all this parade stuff. I work at the Legion and this was a call I received yesterday.

Their facebook site. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32503831298

This is the note sent out. Sacrifice Medal Inauguration Ceremony Postponed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sacrifice Medal Inaugural Ceremony postponement All 50 guests must be contacted ASAP and informed the subject ceremony, which was planned for 12 Nov 08, has been postponed. Key messages: In light of...

Well guys now its time for me to wade it in. I work for the Legion and have for the last four years, and have had a big hand in the Poppy Campaign for the last two. We never send out our Vets without name tags and identification. We also order volunteer ribbons we attach to their name tags. And...

Has everyone seen Larry Josie's truck ? www.thepoppytruck.ca Larry commissioned out the work on this truck and paid for it himself. A short time ago he lost his job and now is fairly close to losing this great truck. Larry is an ex military member and a huge supporter of the Canadian Military...

My deepest condolences to the Wilson children and all their extended family. This hit me like a ton of bricks last night when I heard about it.  :'( Daphne was a great person and she will be missed by everyone who knew her.

Well there is a major road way to cross and a few trees to be cleared but hey there could be a decent ramp built to jump the road.

Tess Sorry to inform you 97th street ends at Jasper Ave. There is nothing after Jasper Ave except a very steep hill to the river. But heck maybe they can rename the hill 48th Regulator hill or something of that nature.

Hi Folks Gotta throw my 0.02 worth in to this discussion. Hero's Boulevard is not written in stone. It is just an idea on one way to rename this road. One councillor thought Military road was an idea. Personally I like the idea of Veteran's Way. 97th street in Edmonton has always been the main...

Thank you for the speedy reply. It sounds like Chris is doing outstanding.

Does anyone know how Chris is doing? My son and I were thinking about him today.

Gents I can check out whether or not this has been approved on Monday if you like. As an employee of the Legion I have not seen anything about this. We do  regularly get memo's regarding the use of the Poppy image. And as Michael has stated any and all use of the Poppy has to be approved by...

R.I.P. Sgt. Shipway :salute: My deepest condolences to his family and comrades. To all that were hurt I wish you a speedy recovery.

RIP Boys.  :salute: My condolences to all the families involved. To our injured soldiers get well soon.

Sorry Guys, I have another engagement that night. Hope we can all get together another time. Hope you all have a great time.

So Folks how many does that make so far? Depending on my schedule I wouldn't mind meeting a few more from the Edmonton area.