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The Ontario coroner's office has announced it will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet at the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston, Ont., last year. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/coroner-will-hold-inquest-into-cadet-s-death-at-royal-military-college-1.6935869

In the recent Arbour report, recommendation #29 is to evaluate the future of military colleges. Specifically: Recommendation #29: A combination of Defence Team members and external experts, led by an external education specialist, should conduct a detailed review of the benefits, disadvantages...

Ship's telephone salvaged from one of the the old steamer-class ships. Exactly as removed from the ship. Last I used it (~15 years ago), it worked although the current draw is relatively high for modern telephone systems. All components original. Asking $100.

It has been some decades since I was at RMC but just some days since I saw the film "The Stanford Prison Experiment".  The film is described on Wikipedia as: Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a psychological experiment to test the hypothesis that the personality...

Hello, At the estate sale of a deceased Canadian Lt General, I spotted the metal hardware from various trophies and plaques that had been presented to the General.  Presumably these are from gifts and mementos given to the General as he visited various units across Canada.  Suitable for you to...

Hello, At the estate sale of a deceased Canadian Lt General, I spotted two ship's crests:  HMCS Bonaventure and HMS Broadsword.  I speculate these were gifts given by the ship to General when he visited them (the time frame would have been about right).  These crests are the AUTHENTIC cast...

Below is a link to a documentary produced by DND describing the response and aftermath to the 2014 engine room fire. The documentary is largely based on interviews with those that were there:  CO, XO, EO, Cox'n, stokers, etc.  Overall, an interesting and compelling story.  Note that it runs...

According to Google books, the book is described as: "Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys’ club, she...