by K-J | 5 Jan 2023 | Community
Shilo Stag’s archives are filled with negatives and film reprints from the era of film photography, with photos turned into PMTs (Photo Mechanical Transfer) before being used in the layout process — before the introduction of InDesign and computer layout. In the...
by K-J | 4 Jan 2023 | News
Here are 10 Stag front pages from the past year, when this newspaper celebrated its 75th anniversary. There were only 16 tabloid printed newspapers in 2022. With the Base newspaper printing its final edition Aug. 11, news, sports, features, history and other...
by K-J | 4 Jan 2023 | History
Cousin Edna was a frequent letter writer for Pte Cecil Minary during his CEF journey fighting the Germans on the battlefields of France, initially during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 after he left Canada following his training at Camp Hughes. Editor’s Note:...
by K-J | 2 Jan 2023 | Features
Shilo Stag Rozy, Radish or Snoz — these monikers were Rosalind (nee Flynn) Lebel’s nicknames when she attended Princess Elizabeth High School. Today, an empty field sits in its place after being torn down, with students on the Base now taking a bus to Wawanesa...
by K-J | 1 Jan 2023 | Community
Jules XavierShilo Stag The birth of what would later be renamed the Shilo Stag can trace its start as Camp Shilo was evolving itself in the late 1940s.The Shilo Observer made its debut on this prairie Army Base on July 18, 1947. The Friday newspaper at the time was...
