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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Rose Marie Russell-Coffey: Rose Marie of the Mounties
Constable Rose Marie Russell-Coffey made history in 1975 when she became the first female RCMP police officer in Newfoundland and...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Anne James: Telecoms Operator – Always the calm in the storm
When Anne James was living in her hometown of Bishop’s Falls, her brother was friends with an RCMP member. At the time she was working...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Inspector Trudy Murray: The longest serving female RCMP police officer in Canada
Trudy Murray waited patiently for the announcement that came on May 23, 1974. RCMP Commissioner Maurice Nadon told the country that the...
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Helen Escott
Jan 28, 20214 min read
S/Sgt. Gail Courtney – Still Blazing Trails in Retirement
The women joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today can’t even begin to imagine what the first women experienced: The fun, the...
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Helen Escott
Jan 28, 20214 min read
Cst. Cheryle LaFosse: The first Sworn RCMP Female
Constable Cheryl LaFosse grew up in a policing family. Her father was RCMP Supt. Jack LaFosse who joined the Newfoundland Ranger Force in...
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