EMS Exemplary Service
Ruth McDermid, Melfort, Bruce Beatty, Ottawa and Delores Beaulac, Spiritwood at the inaugural EMS Exemplary Service Medal presentations in Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Ruth McDermid was the first woman in Canada to be nominated for the award. Bruce Beatty was the designer of the medal. Delores Beaulac accepted the award on behalf of her husband George (posthumously) the first recipient from Saskatchewan.
