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Remembering Stephen J. Thorne

Aaron Kylie — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:55:30 +0000

“Stephen?” “No, I’m Aaron,” I responded to the question from a Legionnaire at a hotel in Saskatoon in September 2025. But I understood the confusion. After all, Legion Magazine’s senior staff writer Stephen J. Thorne was a regular, covering Royal Canadian Legion events across the country since he joined the publication in 2016. If there …

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Undaunted

Legion Magazine — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:19:06 +0000

Citing demand, The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League aims to continue its important work

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67th Prince Edward Island Convention – P.E.I. Command emerges from biennial meeting with new name

Stephen J. Thorne — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:51:33 +0000

Prince Edward Island Command of The Royal Canadian Legion is no more—in name, that is. In one of his last official acts at the helm of the country’s smallest collection of RCL branches, outgoing president Jack MacIsaac declared passed a motion to change the name to Prince Edward Island/Magdalen Islands Command. The unanimous approval at the Island’s 67th …

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51st Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Convention

Legion Magazine — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:56:21 +0000

Dedication to honouring and serving veterans shines through

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56th British Columbia/Yukon Convention – Helping veterans remains the focus out West

Michael A. Smith — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:30:33 +0000

Nestled in the hills of British Columbia’s southern interior is a place partly known for bringing things together. Often, it’s a confluence of rivals for one of more than 100 tournaments the area hosts annually; but it’s also where the mighty North and South Thompson rivers meet. On June 6-8, The Royal Canadian Legion’ British Columbia/Yukon …

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57th Nova Scotia/Nunavut Convention – Dedication to honouring and serving veterans shines through

Alex Bowers — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:48:32 +0000

Retired corporal Kate MacEachern admits that “growing up, I really felt that the Legion was honestly where old guys went to drink.” Once, and always, a tanker of Lord Strathcona’s Horse, the veteran was speaking in front of The Royal Canadian Legion’s May 16-19, 2025, Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command convention hosted in Antigonish, N.S. The now-member of the local Arras …

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60th Quebec Convention – Optimism reigns among Legionnaires in la belle province

Legion Magazine — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:35:26 +0000

A long the banks of the iconic St. Lawrence, and not far from the Plains of Abraham where the consequential 1759 battle took place, members of The Royal Canadian Legion gathered May 17-19, 2025, for Quebec Command’s 60th Convention. In the shadow of such history, the Legionnaires put differences aside to ensure the organization’s bright future. The cloudy, cool and wet …

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53rd Alberta-Northwest Territories Convention

Michael A. Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:11:40 +0000

Facing forward It was a balmy weekend in early May, and the Edmonton Oilers hockey team had just won an exciting overtime game. The city had an energy typical in a place where a professional sports team is winning. But, about 40 kilometres outside the Alberta capital, the excitement started to dissipate. And, if you found …

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Royal Canadian Legion’s new executive director looks forward to the organization’s centennial

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:50:00 +0000

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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Veterans return to Cyprus to commemorate Canadian peacekeepers

Legion Magazine — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:55:59 +0000

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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