by K-J | 11 Feb 2023 | History
Editor’s Note: During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his military training at Camp Hughes prior to being shipped to England for additional training. He saw his first action in France soon after Canada’s involvement in the Battle of...
by K-J | 10 Feb 2023 | Features
Andrew Oakden Stag Special In 1967, the RCA Museum received a donation from Cpl William May, who enlisted at Camp Sewell in Manitoba on Sept. 16, 1915 at the age of 23. The gift was one of the earliest donations to the museum, including two paper artifacts from the...
by K-J | 9 Feb 2023 | Features
LCol Reg Sharpe received his great-grandfather’s Dead Man’s penny he received from a cousin from Ottawa, who had it in her possession for years after it left family in Newfoundland. He passed it on to his father, a retired artillery soldier who trained at...
by K-J | 9 Feb 2023 | Features
Cpl Cody Misner Stag Special Cpl Corbin Monaco joined the Canadian Army Reserve with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) when he was 22, just a few years after meeting a pioneering local veteran with whom he shared much in common. The son of a...
by K-J | 9 Feb 2023 | Features
Kateryna Bandura Stag Special MS Kate Gouthro loves listening to podcasts, but she remembers saying once she could never start one because she is an introvert. Now, as a host of a women-centric podcast, she loves what she does. “I hope younger women who are struggling...