Nouvelles Nationales

July 2020

In this Issue:

• Announcements, Upcoming Events & Important Information
• FEATURE: DND and the development of National Standards in the Geospatial field
• FEATURE: Installation of outdoor gym equipment at Pacific…

1.            Applications are open to CMEA member or a dependent of a current or deceased CMEA member.

2.            Applicant must have completed or be in his or…

The Bank of Canada has decided to put a new face on the five-dollar bill and are accepting recommendations for great Canadians worthy of consideration.

There are many great Canadians worthy of consideration including Sergeant Tommy Prince—a great Indigenous Canadian…

Extracted from story by Terry Roberts 

CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2020 6:00 AM NT

According to research by CBC News and the Royal Canadian Legion, there are…

Earlier this year, the CMEA published a short article describing Capt Deane Gorsline’s fight against ALS with an appeal to help as you can through a Go Fund Me campaign initiated by his friends.…

The attached letter from the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, announces details of the 2020 Support Our Troops Scholarship Program available to families of currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and…

Written By: Cpl Milne

Photo By: Sgt Burke

2020 has proven to be a very busy year for the members of 8 Wing Trenton’s Construction Engineering Support Flight’s Fire Prevention Office (FPO).  Having…

Written By: Capt Mahon

Photo By: Sgt Zehr

The Aircraft Arresting Systems (AAS) Section of the 86 Airfield Support Utilities (ASU) Flight plays an essential role in the operation success of the RCAF CF-18.…

The non-profit organisation ‘Faces to Canadian War Graves Groesbeek’, as part of the Faces to Graves project in the Netherlands, aims to publish a short story of every one of the soldiers buried in Groesbeek. Their latest newsletter is …

LCol D.J.J. Foreman, OMM, CD (Ret'd) has just published his second coffee table book “50 Years of Airborne Sappers” that you can see by clicking …