Tag: Royal Canadian Legion
VE Day celebrations and past stories shared from the President of the Stittsville Legion
May 8, 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces, effectively ending World War II in Europe. This…
Bruce Poulin of Stittsville is honoured to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship
Bruce has proven time and again that volunteering in the community significantly contributes to the lives of ordinary Canadians living in Ontario and across the world.
Photos: Stittsville Remembrance Day 2024
Thoughts of our military and their families were ever-present during the Remembrance Day ceremony in Stittsville in 2024.
2023 Remembrance Day ceremony in photos at Stittsville Cenotaph
It was a sobering Remembrance Day in Stittsville with the current world events in many people’s minds. Remembrance Day, occurring on a Saturday this year, brought many Veterans and residents together…
Stittsville’s Lucy Hambly writes another Awesome Authors winning story
On April 22nd, talented young writers were celebrated at the 2023 Awesome Authors award ceremony. Lucy Hambly of Stittsville was awarded 3rd place in the Short Story (English) ages 13-18 category.
Remembering Stittsville’s nurse veteran: Lieutenant-Colonel Harriet (Hallie) Sloan
The very first recipient of the ‘Thank You Canada and Allied Forces 1945-2005 Medal’ was Hallie Sloan, 88, of Stittsville who served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Stittsville Legion renos uncover a piece of the past
In early 2018, the Stittsville Legion Branch 618, began fundraising to construct a new building on the Stittsville Main Street location to replace the 1930 outdated building. Fundraising had been going well…
OPEN LETTER: Poppy Chairman of Stittsville Legion thanks community
Raising funds at any time is a challenge for charities but this year it was a double challenge with the pandemic in full force.
We Remember: a Remembrance Day like none in the past for Stittsville Legion
Remembrance Day is a deeply emotional time for some and thought provoking for others. On Remembrance Day when we honour our military and veterans (past and present)…