At a ceremony on Jan. 13, new N.S. Lieutenant Governor Mike Savage presented 55 employees of the RCMP, which includes both police officers and Civilian\/Public Service Employees, with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The medal was given to the recipients in recognition of their significant contributions and long standing service to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those receiving the medal also have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”218″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”115″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n East Hants RCMP officers Const. Andrew Ouellette and Staff Sgt. Mike Balmaceda received the medal. A third member from East Hants RCMP, Cpl. Evan Collier, was awarded the Medal in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cpl. Collier, a veteran of 17 years with the RCMP, was awarded the medal for ongoing work within the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He works with the cadets, 4H and various other programs, and supporting and bringing awareness to mental health in first responders and youth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Const. Ouellette, who is a veteran of 22 years with the RCMP, was awarded the medal for his years of coaching youth basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was also recognized for creating, and organizing, the Const. Heidi Stevenson Memorial Golf Tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Const. Ouellette is the school safety officer for East Hants schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”230″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\/Sgt. Balmaceda, the District Commander for the East Hants RCMP and a veteran of 26 years with the RCMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was awarded the medal for his commitment to enhancing community safety through policing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The award also recognized his unwavering dedication to the Nova Scotia Special Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”111″] [adrotate banner=”232″] ENFIELD: Two East Hants RCMP officers have received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of their significant and long-standing contributions to Canada. At a ceremony on Jan. 13, new N.S. Lieutenant Governor Mike Savage presented 55 employees of the RCMP, which includes both police officers and Civilian\/Public Service Employees, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12,957],"tags":[1923,5917,196,390,50,6176,1375,14],"class_list":["post-52331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","category-news","tag-canada","tag-const-andrew-ouellette","tag-east-hants","tag-enfield","tag-halifax","tag-mike-savage","tag-n-s-rcmp","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250128_111228_resized-933x1024.jpg\")