2020 stickers are now available.

Please ensure your dues are paid and visit the branch for your new sticker.

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Please be advised:
The 2019 stickers that go on the back of your membership card are now with the Bartender.
Once you renew your membership you should receive your 2019 sticker

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news on volunteering

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New Policy on Outlaw Motorcycle Colours

Those wearing the colours of outlaw groups – as identified by local law enforcement – will now be asked to remove those colours at Legion branches and events.
The new policy has been implemented with the approval of the Dominion Executive Council, including Presidents from all Provincial Commands and Special Sections. It applies only to outlaw group colours. All motorcycle riders including those wearing other colours remain welcome, as do those who respect the policy and remove their outlaw colours while at Legion events or on Legion premises.
Since outlaw groups vary across the country, local law enforcement experts are best positioned to advise on which should be disallowed. Please liaise with your local law enforcement experts to better understand motorcycle groups that exist in your community.

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Legacy Place Society
Supporting Peace Officers, Fire Fighters, Emergency Medical Services, 911 Dispatchers & Military families.
Please copy and paste the below link into your browser for more information.

http://legacyplacesociety.com/

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Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada) is the largest 24/7 Canadian organization dedicated to addressing the emergency needs of homelessness and in-crisis Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP. As a national charity and service provider of Veterans Affairs Canada, our hundreds of dedicated volunteers (most of whom being Veterans or still-serving military members) have relied on a unique model of peer support to provide life-saving aid in response to thousands of requests for assistance since our inception in 2010. It is our firm belief that no Veteran who served to protect our homes should ever be without one. To learn more, visit: www.VETSCanada.org.


At VETS Canada, we are volunteer-led in every sense of the word: we rely on volunteers to assist in the roll out of our mandate in providing emergency services - therefore, they are essential to the work that we do. As an initiative that also values the wellbeing of our Veterans, we hope you will consider sharing this recruitment session.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Many thanks for your consideration,

Kate

Kate Bessette
Director of Administration & Communications
Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada)
www.vetscanada.org
Email: kate.bessette@vetscanada.org
Toll Free: 1-888-228-3871 ex 121
Direct: 902-701-4469
Fax: 902-701-0484

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Please be advised:
The Legion Membership cards are now in.
Call the branch first to verify that you card is available at 403 948 3000
For information regarding your membership status please email me at; rcl288member@shaw.ca
I will reply to you ASAP.

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Please Note:
The 2018 Support our Troops Scholarship Program for Families of Currently Serving Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans is now available.
Please view the details of the below program in the File Folder by clicking the Files bar to the left. (Just above the LOGIN bar.)
2018 SOT Scholarship Program DG Letter.pdf

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LAST POST FUND
Spousal Estate Exemption Adjustment
On January 1st 2018, the spousal estate exemption was adjusted according to the cost-of living index, from $35,738 to $36,310. This amount is exempt from the financial assessment of the estate of a Veteran who is survived by a spouse or dependent children. This is the second annual adjustment applied since the announcement made in the 2016 federal budget which doubled the exemption base amount and committed to having it indexed. Since the initial increase from $12,015 to $35,279 on January 1st 2016, 175 families who would not have qualified previously were granted financial assistance through the Funeral and Burial Program. An additional 91 families received full reimbursement of funeral costs, where they would have only received a partial amount before the adjustment. The total expenditure to alleviate the financial burden of funeral costs for the families of 266 Veterans has been $1,433,408.

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Please be advised,
To access the Veterans Affairs Canada home page related to pensions for life:
1) Copy and paste the below link to the Links Bar (Top Bar.) for the website.
2) Copy and paste the below link to the Explorer bar for all the Websites related to Pensions for Life. (Search Bar.)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/services/pension-for-life

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President Gerry Clayton along with Dennis Hawkings and Bill Drummond presented the 41st Service Battalion a plaque to thank them for their years of service to our Branch. The fine men and women of the 41st will be dearly missed at out events and we thank them for their service. Good luck to the 41st at their new posting.

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As some of you may know, Gord Fish and Bill Drummond marshal at Apple Creek Golf Club ladies night each week. On Saturday Aug. 23rd At their wind up tournament, they decided to collect food for the food bank and money for our branch. Seen here is the Ladies Club President Marlene Dunand presenting Bill with a cheque for $641.80. A big thanks to the Ladies league and the two club professionals for their great work and kind donation.

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✈ Our Royal Canadian Airforce, with embedded infantry from PPCLI as door gunners. Cheers.

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• Tues.......13:00 to 21:00
• Wed...…..13:00 to 21:00
• Thurs.....13:00 to 21:00
• Fri......…..13:00 to 21:00
• Sat....…..13:00 to 21:00
• Sun...…….Closed
• Mon........Closed

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General Meeting

3rd Monday of every month @ 7:30 pm

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