by K-J | 10 Oct 2022 | News
A scout and Sherman tank driver with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH(RC)) who fought in Italy, and finished the war in Holland, Pte Laverne Tufts explored the RCA Museum’s interior and the outdoor gun park during his visit. Photos Jules...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | History
While not all military grave markers tell an obvious story about the person interred there, some do depending on what the deceased soldier wanted engraved on the facade after they died. We know PPPCLI’s Great War soldier Sgt Mullin is a Victory Cross recipient...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Padre Capt Sye VanMaanen leads the burial party from The British Columbia Regiment on June 12, 2019 during the burial ceremony of First World War fallen soldier Pte George Alfred Newburn at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery outside...
by K-J | 5 Oct 2022 | Features
Standing inside the family bakery on the main drag in Souris, Kendra Minary looks over a Great War portrait of her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary. She has an assortment of Great War photos of Pte Minary, which she cherishes. Photo Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag Jules...
by K-J | 5 Oct 2022 | Community
Dr. Goldsborough, along with fellow academic Dr. Dale Wrubleski of the University of Manitoba’s Biological Sciences department, led about 20 students in the Wetland Ecology third-year class on their annual field trip to visit and learn about some of Manitoba’s wetland...
