The Maryfield and District Lions Club took on a project to honour war veterans from not only Maryfield, but the community of Fairlight and the surrounding area with banners hanging on the town’s street lights. The signs are 2-feet wide and 4-feet high, with a picture of a veteran, their name, and when they served […]
After a small private ceremony last year, the Royal Canadian Legion will once again extend an invitation to the public to attend it’s Remembrance Day ceremonies. The ceremony will begin at 10:40 at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park. Everyone who is planning to attend the service is asked to arrive no later than 10:30. Parade […]
Applications are now being accepted for the Veteran Service Club Support Program after the Saskatchewan government boosted funding for the program from $100,000 to $1.5 million this week. Registered, non-profit veteran service clubs based in the province are eligible to apply for grants up to $25,000. Applications are now being accepted with two application intake […]
Regina usually has two Remembrance Day Ceremonies, but the one at the Brandt Centre is being cancelled this year because of COVID-19. While that one won’t go ahead, the ceremony at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park will continue, with 150 in attendance to oblige with health guidelines. Ron Hitchcock with the Regina Branch of the […]
A number of poppy boxes were stolen again this year in Regina. Ron Hitchcock with the Regina Royal Canadian Legion says during a few of the Remembrance Day ceremonies in the Queen City, about 10 boxes were stolen. “That could be a significant amount of money which is going directly to the care and welfare […]
One year after a funding program was announced for veterans in Saskatchewan, feedback is sounding positive. Last November, the province announced the $100,000 program with 25 Royal Canadian Legions receiving grants for much-needed repairs. Chad Wagner with the Saskatchewan Command said the money has been used towards facility upgrades like roof repairs and new paint. […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer asked Canada’s embittered military veterans to welcome his party back into their hearts Sunday after a tumultuous 13 years of what many former soldiers consider betrayals by both the Harper and Trudeau governments. As prime minister, Scheer said, he would personally preside over a Conservative plan to clear a growing backlog […]
Veterans are heading to business boot-camp at the University of Regina this week. The school is once again hosting the Prince’s Operation Entrepreneur program which helps members leaving the military to launch a second career in business by training them for a week in networking, business planning and accounting. Associate Professor at the Paul J. […]
