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Dear C&E Family members, Below is a link from Canadian Military Family Magazine that includes a recent announcement from the Ontario government offering free weekday access to all Ontario Parks for veterans and serving CAF members who reside in Ontario starting 11 November 2019. Canadian Military Family Magazine Article
By Cliff Kenyon. It’s hard to imagine that there is a unit at 4 Wing Cold Lake that can trace its beginnings to people waving flags at each other to communicate important messages. But that’s where it all began for today’s Wing Telecommunications and Information Services (WTIS) Flight and on Oct. 24 some 4 Wing members celebrated their 116 year history with a cake and presentations. They were marking the proud past of the Royal Canadian Corp of Signals who started in about 1903 commuting on the battlefield using semaphores. No one at WTIS now knows how to send messages by semaphore. What was once quite simple nowadays is far more complex. Now they talk of satellites and computer networks and perhaps most importantly security. “It’s good to celebrate out own history and showcase our history with others,” said Major Kris Hjalmarson. The approximately 90 members of the flight, some of them civilians but mostly Canadian Armed Forces members, are tasked with keeping all telecommunications on the wing operating smoothly and safely in a secure space. That may include the computer you use daily at your desk, the networks that connect it to other computers and communications from the air […]
Join your colleagues – serving, retired, families and friends – to commemorate the sacrifice of Canada’s military and liberation of the Dutch 75 years ago. A professional celebration of Canadian history and the heroism of our communicators. Space is still available, sign-up now! Registration Form – Liberation of Netherlands 2020 Signals.2020.poster.itinerary.v7
Dear C&E Friends, Attached is a short article from the Canadian Military Family Magazine on the use of poppies around the world. https://www.cmfmag.ca/history/poppies-from-around-the-world/