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 34 CER.
See 2021 CMEA Memorial Bursary Winners for the full story.
Update: 19 April 2022: Scott Kyle, representing ATCO Canada, met an old friend at the Invictus Games in The Hague. Dave Malenfant wins 100 metre race.
Publishing Date: 25 Mar 22
The 5th Invictus Games, dubbed Invictus 2020 since their postponement in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 but retaining the same name, will be hosted between 16 and 22 April 2022 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The Games, presented by Jaguar Land Rover, bring together over 500…
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 notified in the spring of 2021 that he had won the Colonel C.S. Gzowski Memorial Bursary but he never received his cheque for $1500. A new cheque was issued this year and finally awarded to this deserving soldier.
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 CME Family. We also want to improve the CME Family awareness of the actions of the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Korean War and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of our Korean War…
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 started nine years ago, TD Insurance Meloche Monnex has provided over $300,000 to the CMEA to fund many of our programs.
On hand to receive the cheque from Mr Luc Naud, TD Meloche Monnex, were CWO Louis…
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 more than 100 Bailey bridges - some having been constructed as early as 1948. We estimate that there may be up to 300 permanent Bailey bridges still in use across the country.See our list of Bailey Bridges in Canada. We still need help locating more of these bridges.…
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-profit charitable corporation that owns and operates the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy. Its purpose is: to provide a tangible and fitting memorial to Canada’s participation in the Second World War; to remember and commemorate the sacrifices made by all Canadians…
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 mission in Cyprus on the 50th anniversary of the 1974 war.
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 in the Canadian Army with the 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, leaving the Army in 1919 at the rank of sergeant. Jim also played minor league baseball in the Texas League with a few games in the…
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 Staff Operations, Military Personnel Command in Ottawa. Kyle and his family were on hand at his branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Edmonton. Kyle reports he was “slightly embarrassed and grateful for this…
