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CFSME Crest

The Organization of Military Museums of Canada Course (OMMC) will be held in Sackville, NB from 12 – 18 June 2022, COVID restrictions or outbreaks notwithstanding. The host museum is the Canadian Military Engineers Museum in Gagetown, headed by Sandra…

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Ms Yara Yara Shaath was  awarded CMEA Gaspard Joseph Chassegros de Lery Memorial Bursary at 34 CER.  Pictured here with (left to right), CWO Mike Golden, CD, RSM 34 CER; her father, Capt Badawy Shaath, CD; and LCol Dan A. Doran, MMM, CD, CO…

L-R CWO Stephen Stamp – RSM 41 CER, MCpl Kyle Daniel, LCol Kent Miller – CO 41 CER

On 16 March this year, MCpl Kyle Daniel was presented with his 2020 CMEA Bursary cheque - year late!  MCpl Daniel, serving in 41 CER, was…

Korean War Memorial in Ottawa

Keeping in touch with our Sapper Korean War veterans has been made more difficult after the recent wind-down of the Korean Veterans Association. The CMEA has initiated an effort to improve the contact and communications among remaining Korean War veterans and within the…

On hand to receive the cheque from Mr Luc Naud, TD Monnex, were CWO Louis Myre (Ret'd), Vice President CMEA and MGen Daniel Benjamin (Ret'd), CME Colonel Commandant

The CDAI Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence at the Chateau Laurier provided an ideal opportunity on 10 March for TD Insurance Meloche Monnex to present the CMEA with a cheque for $62,725.00 as part of our affinity relationship financial support for 2021. Since it was…

Slocan River Bridge

Our work on cataloguing the location of permanent Bailey Bridges in Canada has been turned up one notch with the publication of an illustrated web feature Bailey Bridges in Canada. So far, we have located…

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The Save Juno Beach campaign is citizen-driven - run by friends and proud supporters of the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy. Any donations go directly to the Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA). It is a Canadian non-…

Mission: 

Commémorer la contribution du Canada à la mission de l’ONU à Chypre à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la guerre de 1974

Commemorate Canada’s contribution to the UN…

A/Sgt Jim Riley, 6th Fd Coy, CE 1918

Jim Riley, born in Bayfield NB, played hockey and baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He was a member of the 1917 Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, the first American team to win the trophy. He left hockey briefly in 1918 to enlist…

Cpl Kyle Scott (Ret'd) receives Military Personnel Command Commendation

On Tuesday 8 March 2022, Cpl Kyle Scott, (Ret’d) was honoured by the Military Personnel Command of the Canadian Forces for his efforts in helping veterans receive honours and awards.

The award was presented in a Zoom call by Brigadier General Andrew Atherton, Chief of…