News Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/our-veterans/news/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:50:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg News Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/our-veterans/news/ 32 32 Royal Canadian Legion’s new executive director looks forward to the organization’s centennial https://legionmagazine.com/royal-canadian-legions-new-executive-director-looks-forward-to-the-organizations-centennial/ https://legionmagazine.com/royal-canadian-legions-new-executive-director-looks-forward-to-the-organizations-centennial/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:50:00 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94534 With The Royal Canadian Legion’s centennial in 2026 approaching, new national executive director Randy Hayley is hoping that more Canadians will learn about and get to know the organization better. Hayley, who assumed the position in November 2024, is an Ottawa native who graduated from the city’s Carleton University. With his wife Heidi, they raised …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/royal-canadian-legions-new-executive-director-looks-forward-to-the-organizations-centennial/feed/ 0 Veterans return to Cyprus to commemorate Canadian peacekeepers https://legionmagazine.com/veterans-return-to-cyprus-to-commemorate-canadian-peacekeepers/ https://legionmagazine.com/veterans-return-to-cyprus-to-commemorate-canadian-peacekeepers/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:55:59 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94768 We are but a group of veterans trying to honour the service and sacrifices of our comrades-in-arms and leave a legacy of Canada’s longest UN peacekeeping mission and a forgotten 1974 war for Canadians,” wrote retired colonel James Holsworth and retired major-general Walter Holmes in a November 2024 statement at the outset of a government-sponsored commemorative trip to …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/veterans-return-to-cyprus-to-commemorate-canadian-peacekeepers/feed/ 0 Budget officer claims cabinet inflated military spending figures https://legionmagazine.com/budget-officer-claims-cabinet-inflated-military-spending-figures/ https://legionmagazine.com/budget-officer-claims-cabinet-inflated-military-spending-figures/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:56 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94767 A budget office report says the federal cabinet inflated military spending figures, implying it falsely closed the gap between NATO requirements and Canadian defence expenditures. “These figures are based on an erroneous GDP forecast,” said the Oct. 30, 2024, report titled “The Fiscal Implications Of Meeting The NATO Military Spending Target.” It noted Canada would …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/budget-officer-claims-cabinet-inflated-military-spending-figures/feed/ 0 Exercise, AI and women’s well-being highlight latest military and veteran health forum https://legionmagazine.com/exercise-ai-and-womens-well-being-highlight-latest-military-and-veteran-health-forum/ https://legionmagazine.com/exercise-ai-and-womens-well-being-highlight-latest-military-and-veteran-health-forum/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:08 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94766 “Are we building our soldiers up or are we just breaking them down?” asked Eric Robitaille, one of the opening keynote speakers for 2024’s Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) conference in Winnipeg. A Defence Department physio-therapist who also serves as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, his question was …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/exercise-ai-and-womens-well-being-highlight-latest-military-and-veteran-health-forum/feed/ 0 Moving toward 100 https://legionmagazine.com/moving-toward-100/ https://legionmagazine.com/moving-toward-100/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:16:04 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93813 From technological innovation to membership growth and beyond, The Royal Canadian Legion shows no sign of slowing down as it approaches its centennial

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/moving-toward-100/feed/ 0 ATTENTION CANADIAN MILITARY FAMILIES : Did you or a family member receive VAC disability benefits between 2003 and 2023? https://legionmagazine.com/attention-canadian-military-families-did-you-or-a-family-member-receive-vac-disability-benefits-between-2003-and-2023/ https://legionmagazine.com/attention-canadian-military-families-did-you-or-a-family-member-receive-vac-disability-benefits-between-2003-and-2023/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:55:53 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=92580 A class action settlement may affect you. Please read this notice carefully

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/attention-canadian-military-families-did-you-or-a-family-member-receive-vac-disability-benefits-between-2003-and-2023/feed/ 0 Sharon Adams named 2022 Ross Munro Award recipient https://legionmagazine.com/sharon-adams-named-2022-ross-munro-award-recipient/ https://legionmagazine.com/sharon-adams-named-2022-ross-munro-award-recipient/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:56:27 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=87025 Recently retired Legion Magazine staff writer Sharon Adams has been named the 2022 recipient of the Ross Munro Award for outstanding reporting on Canadian defence matters.  Adams was recognized for the expansive and authoritative body of work she compiled on military health, medicine, technology, research and veterans’ issues during her 15-year career at this publication. “Her …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/sharon-adams-named-2022-ross-munro-award-recipient/feed/ 0 Growing membership and new initiatives https://legionmagazine.com/growing-membership-and-new-initiatives/ https://legionmagazine.com/growing-membership-and-new-initiatives/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:12:43 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=87007 An army of volunteers helped serve veterans, their families and communities across Canada in 2022. Volunteer dedication enabled the Royal Canadian Legion to pull through ongoing pandemic challenges that would otherwise have been insurmountable.  The Legion’s strong membership base is its foundation; its 250,000 members once again allowed the organization to achieve some amazing things. …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/growing-membership-and-new-initiatives/feed/ 0 51st Saskatchewan Convention https://legionmagazine.com/51st-saskatchewan-convention/ https://legionmagazine.com/51st-saskatchewan-convention/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:05:18 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=84940 Poppy funds and veterans initiatives dominate discussions

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/51st-saskatchewan-convention/feed/ 0 Culture change, equal rights and PTSD treatment highlight the 2022 CIMVHR forum https://legionmagazine.com/culture-change-equal-rights-and-ptsd-treatment-highlight-the-2022-cimvhr-forum/ https://legionmagazine.com/culture-change-equal-rights-and-ptsd-treatment-highlight-the-2022-cimvhr-forum/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:54:55 +0000 https://legionmagazine.wpengine.com/?p=84938 It was the 12th annual forum and the first in-person one since the pandemic pause. Forum attendees discussed the latest in veteran health research and policy, and ways to address the most pressing health concerns facing veterans today.

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