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...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
3 Cdn Div imaging tech MCpl Brandon Liddy covered his first CFB Shilo Remembrance Day ceremony held at the MPTF. This event also marked the first time in a few years since the COVID-19 pandemic where an in-person ceremony — plus no masks — could be held. Lest We...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | News
Drone aerial visual of the Automatic Grenade Launching System (AGLS) range in the RTA and a gated access road captured by acting RTA manager Rob Shearer. Stag Special CFB Shilo continues to improve its capabilities as a leading Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) training...
