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We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter Chief Warrant Officer Doug Reid, CD (Ret’d) of Medicine Hat AB, on 6 March 2026 at age 82.

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Ian Ross, CD (Ret’d), peacefully on 2 January 2026 at PeopleCare Nursing Home in Meaford ON, at the age of 87.

We regret to advise of the death of Leading Aircraftman Ingo Roggan (Ret’d) on 11 August 2024 at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay (Kawartha Lakes) ON at age 79.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Ronald Wayne Sharp, CD (Ret'd)  of Calgary AB on 10 October  2025, after a lengthy battle with kidney disease.

We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter Chief Warrant Officer Yvon Serre, CD (Ret’d), unexpectedly on 29 December  2025 at his home in Petawawa ON at the age of 75 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Joseph Phillip Peter Morrissey (Ret’d)  of Didsbury  AB,  formerly of Saskatoon SK, at the Didsbury District Health Services Centre on 1 April  2026 at age 83.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain James “Jim” Tomlin, CD (Ret’d), peacefully at the Woodstock Hospital on 20 February 2026, in his 89^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Garry David Michael McNab, CD (Ret’d), peacefully at home on 6 March 2026 at age 76.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer James “Jimmi” Goulette, CD (Ret’d) of Calgary AB, on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at the age of 74. 

We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer William “Bill” John Drexel Vandervoort, CD (Ret’d), peacefully on 22 February 2026 at Westgate Lodge in Belleville ON at the age of 90.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Edward J. Abbott (Ret’d) on 27 February 2009 in Winfield, AB at the age of 87 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Corporal Joseph Edwin “Ed” Achorn, CD (Ret’d) on 13 May 2003 at the Saint John, NB Regional Hospital. 

We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter Frank L. Acker who passed away suddenly on 7 January 2004, in Roseway Hospital in Shelburne NS at the age of 70 years.

We regret to advise of the death of John Thomas Ackerman on 27 February 2010.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Edward “Ed” Wilson Adamache (Ret’d) of Moose Jaw SK  on 6  April 2026 at the age of 86 years.

We regret to advise of the death of David “Steaky” Roger Adams on 21 November 2011 in Nanaimo, BC.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Floyd Hector Adams (Ret’d) on 1 March 2013 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm BC with his family by his side.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant James "Bud" Adams, CD on 4 January 2018 at the Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche NS with his family by his side. Bud was 81 years old

We regret to advise that Master Warrant Officer Leonard James Adams, CD (Ret'd) passed away 0n 9 December 2001 at the age of 73, after a long battle with cancer.

We regret to advise of the death of Leslie Ernest Adams of Stellarton, NS in Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow, NS on 25 May 2000 at the age of 88 years.

We regret to advise of the unexpected death of Sapper Vernon Victor Adams (Ret’d) at home in Port Alberni BC on 10 July 2004. Victor was 85 years old when he died.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant William “Roger” Adams, CD (Ret’d) at the age of 72 on 2 May 2013 in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, NS.

We regret to advise of the death of Thomas James Adamson peacefully on 11 July 2011 at the Kipnes Center for Veterans in Edmonton at the age of 87 years. Tom served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Engineers.

We regret to advise that Arnold Clifford Adrain of Amherstview ON died on 4 April 2020 at the age of 89 years while visiting his daughter in Abbotsford BC.

We regret to advise of the death of James R. “Jim” Aellen in Red Deer, AB on 2 December 2007 at the age of 93 years

We regret to advise of the death of David Ahenakew on 12 March 2010 in Shellbrook, SK at the age of 76 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain John Edgar Akerley (Ret’d)  P.Eng on 6 February 2016, suddenly, at his home near Princeton, BC.

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We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Raoul Albert (Ret’d) at the Edmonston, NB Regional Hospital on 14 December 2005 at the age of 82 years.

We regret to advise of the death of David Joseph Alexander, P.Eng. peacefully at home in Hantsport, NS on 24 June 2004 at the age of 75. 

We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter Master Warrant Officer Jack Alexander, CD (Ret'd), peacefully at the age of 81, on 8 November 2024 after a brief illness.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant James Howard Alexander, MC (Ret’d) on 26 December 2009 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania at the age of 86 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal John "Blackie" Alexson on 26 July 2012 at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon SK at the age of 91 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Charles W. “Scotty” Alger, CD (Ret’d), suddenly on 15 June 2024 at home in Kemptville ON at the age of 82 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant ​Christo “Chris” Spiro Alivisatos, CD (Ret’d) suddenly, on 28 March 2020 in Ottawa ON at the age of 63 years old.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Floyd Royce Alkenbrack, CD (Ret’d) on 30 July 2021 in Ottawa ON at age 87.

We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter Corporal Pierre Peter Allain (Ret’d) of Dieppe NB, peacefully at the Dr. Georges L. Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton on 2 March 2024 at age 77 years.

We regret to advise of the death of John Donald 'Don' Allan on 8 December 2010.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Kenneth “Ken” Allan (Ret’d) peacefully on 22 March 2012 at his residence in London, ON in his 80^th year.

Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du sapeur Joseph Pierre Gilbert Matthieu Allard le 1^er août 2009, mort au combat à l’âge de 20 ans, dans le district de Zhari à l’ouest de la ville de Kandahar en Afghanistan.

We regret to advise that Sapper Joseph Pierre Gilbert Matthieu Allard was killed in action on 1 August 2009, in the Zhari district, west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan at the age of 20. 

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Frederick William “Fred” Allbright (Ret’d) on 12 October 2017 at Grey Bruce Health Services in Markdale, ON in his 77^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Earl Russell Allen, CD (Ret’d) of Lucasville NS, suddenly on 3 June 2021 at the Hants County Hospital in Windsor NS at age 80.

We regret to advise of the death of Ellard Davies Allen on 23 May 2012 after a lengthy illness.

We regret to advise of the death of Gordon Willis Allen of Vernon BC on 20 September 2000 at the age of 81 years. 

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer James “Jim” Ward Allen CD (Ret’d) in Chilliwack, BC on 17 March 2007.

We regret to advise of the death of Richard Allen of Red Deer AB, on 22 July 2025 at the age of 78 years. Richard served as a Combat Engineer with the Canadian Military Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Trevor "Trapper" Allen MM, MiD, CD at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton NB on 17 October 2003.

We regret to advise of the death of Reverend Arthur Sidney Allerton on 9 January 2009 at the Grey Bruce Health Services in Owen Sound, ON in his 86^th year.