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Read the latest news releases and articles from Dominion Command of The Royal Canadian Legion.

 

  • The Royal Canadian Legion 2024 National Poppy Campaign gets underway

    Oct 25, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion’s 2024 National Poppy Campaign launched today with wider access to Poppies than ever before, Remembrance stories about Canada’s Veterans highlighting the Royal Canadian Airforce, a new ceremony planner for teachers, and hundreds of new locations participating in an advertising blackout to encourage Canadians to take two minutes of silence.

  • Amazonian access! Legion offers lapel Poppies through new Amazon collaboration

    Oct 22, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion is set to expand its Poppy distribution capability by offering lapel Poppies for the first time via a new storefront on the Amazon.ca store. The Poppies will be offered on Amazon.ca for donations of $2, $5, $10, and $20. One hundred percent of the funds raised will go directly to the Legion’s Poppy Trust Fund to help support our Veterans, their families, and communities.

  • Coming up! Legion’s 2024 National Poppy Campaign

    Oct 18, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion’s National Poppy Campaign is just around the corner and will feature new and returning initiatives. The National Poppy Campaign officially begins on Friday, October 25th.

  • Ceremonial First Poppy presented to Canada’s Governor General

    Oct 16, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion presented the First Poppy of the 2024 National Poppy Campaign today, to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada. The Legion’s Dominion President, Berkley Lawrence, pinned her Poppy during the traditional annual event at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

  • Royal Canadian Legion delegates elect new Executive team and help move agenda forward

    Aug 29, 2024
    Berkley Lawrence of Newfoundland and Labrador, was named The Royal Canadian Legion’s new Dominion President during the organization’s 49th Dominion Convention held in Saint John, New Brunswick from August 25-28.

  • 46th annual Legion Nationals get underway!

    Aug 9, 2024
    In front of the Games’ largest contingent of young athletes ever, and with the firing of the starting pistol at Thursday evening’s Opening Ceremonies, this year’s edition of the Legion Nationals is now officially underway at the Foothills Athletic Park in Calgary.

  • Legion Branches celebrate Canada Day

    Jul 2, 2024
    Royal Canadian Legion Branches across the country once again held special July 1st celebrations this year, inviting their communities in for events like breakfasts and barbeques. Through a great partnership, Sportsnet radio 590 The Fan morning show with Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning broadcast live from branch 344’s patio overlooking Lake Ontario, peppering the show with promotions not only about the July 1st events, but with facts about the Legion!

  • Legion’s Newfoundland and Labrador Command sparks momentous repatriation and commemoration

    Jun 26, 2024
    The Legion’s Newfoundland and Labrador Command sparks momentous repatriation and commemoration ceremony, after recently helping repatriate the remains of an unknown Newfoundland soldier back home from France. Join us July 1st at 7:30am EST on Facebook as we livestream coverage of the Unknown Newfoundland Soldier being laid to rest.

  • Legion Calls on Government to implement ACVA recommendations to support women Veterans

    Jun 12, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion fully supports the recommendations outlined in the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (ACVA) report titled Invisible No More. The Experiences of Canadian Women Veterans. Women who serve need to know that they matter, that abuse will not be tolerated, that they will receive care and support if injured and that the process to receive that care and support shows compassion and respect.

  • The Royal Canadian Legion on the Defence Policy Update

    Apr 18, 2024
    The Royal Canadian Legion is sharing additional thoughts related to the federal government’s recently released Defence Policy Update, in the wake of the 2024 federal budget. As with its response to the budget, the Legion is encouraged by the commitments but troubled by what it sees as a lack of immediacy in implementation, and therefore possibly disastrous results for our country operationally if processes and timing do not align with current requirements.