Nova Scotia Opts For Change Following the example of the dominion convention in Ottawa last year, Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command adopted a new structure and a reduction in the number of people making up its Provincial Executive Council when delegates met in Dartmouth for the 49th convention, May 17-19. Former president Clarence Dawe was chosen to be the one to take delegates through a six-page document arguing for the restructuring formula that had been endorsed by the executive committee the day before the convention started. Dawe was elected as the Dominion Executive Council representative at the 2007 convention. However, that position was eliminated at dominion level with the restructuring that took place in 2008. “The need to downsize, restructure and reorganize in order to reduc...

Service The Focus At Quebec Convention After three conventions marked by massive change, controversy and election upsets, peace reigned at the 53rd Quebec Command convention May 15-17 in Granby. “These three days should be three days of comradeship,” said outgoing Quebec Command President Annette Arsenault, a message echoed by Dominion First Vice President Pat Varga, bringing greetings on behalf of Dominion President Wilf Edmond. Varga began by asking Second World War veterans to stand; then, one by one, she brought to their feet veterans of the Korean War, the Gulf War, peacekeepers, veterans of peacetime service, reservists or militia members, Afghanistan veterans and associate members. The unilingual Varga, from Coleville Branch in Saskatchewan, took the issue of French-Engl...

It was a hair-raising finish to the Dominion Command Darts Championship at Men of Vision Branch in Cochrane, Alta., May 1-3 as two teams with veteran players who had come to the championship several times, but never won, came face-to-face in a playoff. The lead had see-sawed back and forth all day, and with one round to go, the Nova Scotia/Nunavut team of David Cameron, Lewis Francis, Mark MacIsaac and William MacIsaac from Calais Branch in Lower Sackville had 18 points. One point behind was the Quebec team of Jerry Hull, Sebastien Gagnon, Jason Hurley and Kevin MacArthur from LaSalle Branch. The two teams had battled in the seventh round, when Nova Scotia won 2-1. Darts is played in round robin format so that every player played against all the opponents. The matches were in three l...