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Object Description
Object ID
2009.015.011
Title
208th Street Causeway bridge ceremony.
Date
22 Jun. 1985.
Description
The 208th street Causeway Bridge opening ceremony. Mayor Easingwood stands at the podium. Cst. Taylor and Cst. Ogden stand beside him. Lesli Cowan, Yvonne DeBriul, and Stacy Melhaus hold flags in the background.
People/Subject
Easingwood, Reg
Reg Easingwood was born on March 23, 1924, in Vancouver. He grew up in Milner and Langley. He served as a mechanic during World War II, in England and France. Reg also served as councillor and mayor in Langley City.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Mounties (RCMP) or "Gendarmerie royale du Canada" (GRC), is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. The RCMP is descended from the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) and the Dominion Police, founded in 1873 and 1868 respectively. The NWMP was given the "Royal" title in 1904, becoming the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP). In 1920, it was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force when the RNWMP was merged with the Dominion Police. The RCMP acts as the federal police force of Canada, enforcing federal laws. It also has contracts with Canada's three territories and eight of its provinces to serve as their provincial/territorial police force. Most of Canada's provinces, while constitutionally responsible for law and order, prefer to sub-contract policing to the RCMP. They consequently operate under the direction of the provinces in regard to provincial and municipal law enforcement. The exceptions are Ontario, Quebec, and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, which have retained their own provincial police forces. Additionally, many towns and cities throughout Canada also contract the RCMP to serve as their municipal police force.
See Also: police
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