The Portage la Prairie Unit #13 has been running a weekly draw called 'Chase.PUBLICATIONSWelcome to The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada!A Brief History of ANAVETS:The Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada is Canada's oldest veterans' association. Although the precise start-date is obscured by time, it is known that a charter was given in 1840 by Queen Victoria to create a unit in Montreal. It is felt that units existed well before that time, perhaps as early as the Conquest of New France in the seventeen hundreds.The Association derives its name from those remnants of British and French colonial regiments which were left in Canada when their regiments returned to Britain or France following their tours of duty protecting the colonies. These men banded together to exchange information on service benefits available to them and to fraternize. They called themselves 'The Army Veterans in Canada' so that when they were in Britain they could denote their location as opposed to the Army Veterans in Australia or South-Africa more... See more text