75th annual pilgrimage to honour Canada's war dead
Welland Tribune
“It's the only service of its kind and it has never rained for the last 22 years that I have been involved with it,” said Ronald Potter, co-chairman of the 40&8 pilgrimage committee, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 51 in Niagara Falls.
Minister Rob Nicholson Attends 75th Annual Pilgrimage to Honour VeteransMarketWatch (press release)

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Fallen soldier's name added to Battle Street cenotaph
www.kamloopsnews.ca
The Royal Canadian Legion approached Duckworth about adding Doyle's name to the cenotaph. When Duckworth asked Doyle's mother if this was OK, Mitchell immediately said yes. Mitchell said 158 Canadians have died in Afghanistan, and she hopes more will ...

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Community responds with donations after air show cancels veterans' parade
Waterloo Record
“I've had so many phone calls … by people offering free tents and free chairs,” said Stan Guthrie, a veteran and former president of the Royal Canadian Legion's Waterloo branch. Producers of the privately operated air show initially cut the veterans' ...

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Media Advisory: Windsor-Stop medical errors, hospital infections: the second ...
Business Review Canada (press release)
... and cost-cutting each year, say the authors of a new book titled Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections, who are in Windsor for a media conference on Wednesday, May 23 (10:00 am) at 2090 Brant Street (Royal Canadian Legion).

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Community Events.
The Barrie Advance
Meat draw and swing music by the Midlandaires, 4:30-6:30 pm at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 80, Midland. $5 meal at 5 pm Music by the Lake Effect Band from 8 pm to midnight. • Friday night meal series, 5:30-7 pm at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 316, ...
Royal Canadian Legion NewsOrangeville Citizen

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Speaker from Stittsville finishes 2nd in province
EMC Stittsville/Richmond
EMC news - A two month journey has resulted in 11 year old Madison Refausse of Stittsville placing second in the province in the Royal Canadian Legion's public speaking competition. Wearing her lucky pink hat at each stage of the competition, ...

Gananoque Legion Branch 92 celebrates its 85th anniversary
EMC St. Lawrence
At the 85th anniversary celebrations for the Branch 92 Royal Canadian Legion in Gananoque on May 4, WWII veteran Bill Nuttall, age 96, told war stories and presented MP Gord Brown, Leeds-Grenville, with a photo of himself and a Nazi flag he had ...

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Media Advisory: Perth-Stop medical errors, hospital infections: the second ...
Marketwire (press release)
... and cost-cutting each year, say the authors of a new book titled Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections, who are in Perth for a media conference on Friday, May 18 (1:30 pm) at 26 Beckwith Street East (Royal Canadian Legion).
Media Advisory: Sudbury-Stop medical errors, hospital infections: the second ...Business Review Canada (press release)

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Royal Canadian Legion Says Federal Government Should Respect Court Decision on ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
OTTAWA – Patricia (Pat) Varga, the Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion says the federal government must honour the landmark Federal Court decision regarding the Service Income Security Insurance Plan (SISIP) which ruled in favour of injured ...

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Branch 19 legion to hold celebration of Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Cape Breton Post
NORTH SYDNEY — Armstrong Memorial Branch 19 Royal Canadian Legion is among many organizations across Canada planning celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Elilzabeth II came to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952 and her coronation took place ...

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