by K-J | 12 Nov 2022 | History
Stag Special A Quebec-based amateur historian has set himself the ambitious goal of documenting every North American Indigenous soldier who has served since Europeans first discovered the continent in 1492.In his role as president of Association de recherche des...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | News
Jules XavierShilo Stag Who was PPCLI soldier Sgt George Mullin?2PPCLI soldiers visiting a Moosomin, SK, cemetery Nov. 11 learned about the Victoria Cross (VC) recipient from the Great War at his grave. B Coy Cpl Mackenzie Shambrook provided his comrades with the back...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
2PPCLI A/CO Maj Chris Hartwick dropped the opening faceoff puck, when the Brandon Wheat Kings hosted the visiting Red Deer Rebels for an WHL afternoon tilt on Remembrance Day at Westoba Place. Shilo minor hockey players wore their jerseys to the game, among a thousand...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | History
Pte Bill May and his brother Harold spent many months honing their infantry skills at Camp Hughes before going overseas to be part of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. During his military training, Pte May wrote many postcards which he sent to family in the...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Features
MCpl Bryce CooperStag Special Before spending the summer of 2008 in southern Afghanistan Nov. 11 had a very different meaning for me.At the end of May, I was with 6 Platoon (6Pl) when we took over Combat Outpost (COP) Talukan from 4Pl. Talukan was the third of four...
