Mayor, 4 Wing help Cold Lake Legion launch Poppy Campaign Cold Lake Branch 211 of the Royal Canadian Legion launched its Poppy Campaign on Friday, October 27. Branch president Todd Rorke presented the first poppies of 2023 to Cold Lake mayor Craig Copeland and representatives of the RCAF 4 Wing command team. Legion branches across […]
St. Paul Branch 100 of the Royal Canadian Legion provided the Honour Guard at the Veterans’ Memorial for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress’s Ukrainian Day on Sunday. The day was celebrated at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village at Elk Island.
Members of St. Paul Branch 100 of the Royal Canadian Legion served as the Honour Guard at “Heroes of Their Day,” an event that honoured thousands of Ukrainian Canadians who served Canada during the Second World War. The event was hosted in Edmonton by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation (UCCLF). Another St. Paul Legion […]
Lakeland residents will have the opportunity to observe Remembrance Day at public ceremonies in their communities on November 11. The Cold Lake branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is once again leading the service at Cold Lake Energy Centre, where it had been prior to the Covid pandemic. A Legion colour party, military personnel including […]
The hills near the St. Paul Fish and Game Club’s shooting range were booming with a familiar old sound on Sunday. The club, in partnership with St. Paul Branch 100 of the Royal Canadian Legion, held its 12th annual “.303 British” shooting match on the weekend. Organizer Russell Whitford said there’s a lot of the […]
The long road back to normal operations continues for area Legion branches. St. Paul Branch 100 remained dark through most of the past two years. President Connie Landsiedel says the changing restrictions and regulations made it difficult to plan events and to recruit volunteers. The branch will open its doors for regular hours on Saturdays […]
Remembrance Day was observed at outdoor cenotaphs in Lakeland communities last week. For the second consecutive year, uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 restrictions made it impossible to plan large indoor gatherings. But whereas last year the Royal Canadian Legion asked the public to observe the day in their homes, people were welcome this year to attend the […]
St. Paul and Cold Lake Legions held small Remembrance Day ceremonies last Wednesday, and urged the public to mark their own observances at home. At both locations, some people still came out to watch and participate from a distance. The Bonnyville branch proceeded with a Covid-compliant public ceremony, which drew approximately 200 people. “It was […]
Legion branches across the Lakeland are finding ways to observe Remembrance Day during the Covid-19 pandemic. In most cases, that means there won’t be public ceremonies. Cold Lake and St. Paul branches will hold small ceremonies with approximately a dozen people to lay wreaths and formally remember the sacrifices made by generations of Canadian military […]