Royal Canadian Legion News
Orangeville Citizen
Congratulations to Vincent Hallis of Primrose Elementary School who finished 1st in Intermediate Class in the Public Speaking held at Shelburne Legion on Feb. 19. Vincent also won a trophy for Most Points Overall. He will now move on to District and ...

Stolen soldiers' grave markers sold for scrap metal
London Free Press
Mike Gander of the Royal Canadian Legion branch 138 in Merritton, Ont., was outraged to hear about the thefts. "These veterans gave them the privilege to be here to steal," he said of the culprits. Gander, 61, who served in the reserves and Canadian ...
2 charged after flags stolen from graves of soldiersCTV.ca
Two charged in veterans' grave marker theftsHamilton Spectator
Arrests made in theft from cemeteryNiagarathisweek.com
Bullet News Niagara
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Swift Current Legion to host inaugural pool championship
Prairie Post
You need JavaScript enabled to view it The Royal Canadian Legion's inaugural provincial eight-ball pool championship will take place in Swift Current this weekend. The Legion's Swift Current Branch No. 56 will host the event downstairs in the club's ...

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Williams hat trick aids in 8-3 win for Royal Canadian Legion tykes
Niagara Advance
In tyke action of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Minor Hockey Association, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 is on a roll. The tykes held on to their winning streak with an 8-3 victory against Thorold. Goal tender Noah Ostromecki played an amazing game between ...

Orders of the Day - Let the sober second thinking on omnicrime resume!
CBC.ca (blog)
... Veterans Affairs Minister Steve Blaney joins local MP Rick Norlock at the Brighton Royal Canadian Legion, and Paul Calandra highlights new government support for the provincial food processing industry during a visit to Shandiz Natural Foods in ...

House arrest for defrauding legion
Winnipeg Sun
By Dean Pritchard ,Winnipeg Sun A former bookkeeper who siphoned at least $38000 from her Royal Canadian Legion has been sentenced to 18 months house arrest. Pine Falls resident Shirley Mackie previously pleaded guilty to theft over $5000.

Around the town – midweek edition
MorinvilleNews.com
Four Morinville women got the royal treatment at the Royal Canadian Legion on Family Day during a Queen Elizabeth II lookalike contest. From left are Marylou Wagler, Claire Yvonne Keane, Amanda Lambert and Mary Gibeault, the latter of whom took first ...

Legion's memory will live on
NG News
Bob Matheson, left and Lawrence Thompson, both members of the now-closed Royal Canadian Legion Branch 75 in Eureka, give some of the memorabilia from the branch to Vincent Joyce, curator of the Pictou County Military Museum.

The Right Reverend John Sperry
Telegraph.co.uk
On retiring to Yellowknife, Jack Sperry became chaplain to a local hospital, to the Canadian Rangers (who keep watch on the country's northern frontier) and to the Royal Canadian Legion. He was delighted to be appointed a member of the Order of Canada ...
A man who loved the NorthNorthern News Services (subscription)

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Best in business
Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser
The Exploits Regional Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Exploits Business Excellence Awards and 13th annual business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Grand Falls-Windsor. Jeremy Canning (right) of Newfoundland Styro.

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