Nipawin Legion #120

Nipawin Legion #120 Box 1324
Nipawin, SK
S0e1e0

Our Mission is to serve Veterans, which includes serving military and RCMP members and their families, to promote Remembrance and to serve our communities and our country.

It’s Tuesday! Club 100 Draw night, and the lucky winner of $50.00 is Lawrence Fisher…Congratulations !!
06/24/2026

It’s Tuesday! Club 100 Draw night, and the lucky winner of $50.00 is
Lawrence Fisher…Congratulations !!

06/19/2026

Sask Command is holding a Provincial bottle drive to raise money in support of The Legion National Youth Track & Field Championships, being held in Regina from August 5–11, 2026.

Please consider dropping off your recycling at any SARCAN location in the province. Every bottle counts toward helping our young athletes compete on the national stage!

Thank you for your support.

06/17/2026

Comrades,
What events would you like to see from the Nipawin Legion? Let us know below!

It’s Club 100 Draw night, and Congratulations go to tonight’s winner of $50.00, Wanda McLarty !! ✨💥✨
06/17/2026

It’s Club 100 Draw night, and
Congratulations go to tonight’s winner of $50.00,
Wanda McLarty !! ✨💥✨

06/16/2026

Canada loves the story of the rebel fighter pilot who flew too close to the sun.

But we completely ignored the deadliest ace who actually survived.

The greatest Canadian fighter ace of WWII who lived to see peacetime was not from Quebec.
He was not celebrated at war bond rallies.
He did not appear on magazine covers.

He was from Nokomis, Saskatchewan.
Population: roughly 400.

His name was James Francis Edwards.
Everyone called him "Stocky."

While George Beurling was scoring kills over Malta and becoming the famous, headline-grabbing "Falcon of Malta," Stocky Edwards was in the Western Desert of North Africa.

Flying rugged Kittyhawks through the dust and heat, he was hunting Luftwaffe fighters across the same sky where Rommel's army fought for control of the continent.

Edwards was methodical. Precise. Quiet.
He didn't perform for journalists.
He didn't collect nicknames.
He collected kills.

By the end of the war, Edwards had accumulated one of the highest confirmed victory totals of any RCAF pilot to survive.

But he was not the pilot Canada chose to celebrate.

Beurling was the story the press wanted — the maverick, the loner, the burning talent that consumed itself. Beurling died at 26 in a Rome airfield in 1948, still looking for another war to fly in.

Beurling is the cautionary tale Canada made into a legend.

Edwards is the success story we forgot to tell.

Because Stocky didn't burn out, and he didn't quit.
Instead of chasing fame, he quietly dedicated the rest of his life to Canada.

He stayed in the RCAF. He spent the next three decades commanding fighter squadrons, protecting North American skies through the height of the Cold War, and retiring as a Wing Commander after 32 years of service.

The prairie boy from Nokomis survived the desert, defended the nation for a lifetime, lived to be 100 years old, and never asked for the spotlight.

He earned the right to be a household name by everything he did in the sky over North Africa.

Canada gave that right to someone else. 🇨🇦

Did you know about the incredible life of Stocky Edwards?
Drop a 🍁 in the comments and share this post so his true legacy reaches every Canadian. 👇

Volunteers are essential in our Legion, and we appreciate every one of you 💖. You are invited to our Volunteer Apprecia...
06/12/2026

Volunteers are essential in our Legion, and we appreciate every one of you 💖. You are invited to our Volunteer Appreciation Supper in the Legion Lounge on Saturday June 20. Non-volunteers are welcome to attend, but will pay 15.00
Please call to book a spot so we can anticipate numbers. See you there !

06/10/2026

The Legion has been calling for national training and certification standards for psychiatric service dogs for at least a decade, and we hope a recent private member’s bill introduced in the House of Commons by MP Michael Barrett will push this topic into the limelight again. A previous government plan to achieve such standards was initially unsuccessful due to a lack of consensus among affected groups. The Legion believes that high, consistent standards are key and would help facilitate the provision of funds to Veterans – and others - who could be assisted by a service dog. Standards act to protect both the recipient and the trained dog and help ensure successful pairings. This powerful connection requires a major commitment. The Legion’s Ontario Command recently celebrated its 100th service dog pairing through its financial support of Wounded Warriors Canada. Their existing standards could even form the basis of a new government-led national standard. The Legion looks forward to being part of this important conversation.
https://www.legion.ca/news/2016/12/14/legion-calls-on-government-to-address-deficiencies-in-standards-and-supports-for-service-dogs

Another Tuesday night draw for our Club 100 and the lucky winning number is #3 … Congratulations to Helen and Allan Hod...
06/10/2026

Another Tuesday night draw for our Club 100 and the lucky winning number is #3 … Congratulations to Helen and Allan Hodgson on your win of $ 50.00

Nipawin Legion 120 congratulates Charlotte Schelecte, who won first in the Intermediate Black and White poster contest....
06/09/2026

Nipawin Legion 120 congratulates Charlotte Schelecte, who won first in the Intermediate Black and White poster contest. Presenting Charlotte with her award at White Fox School is Nipawin Branch Poppy Chair, Shauna Grassing and Helen Holdgson.

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328 1st Avenue East
Nipawin, SK
S0E1E0

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