by K-J | 20 Jul 2023 | Health
Shilo Stag Finding a lost ball in the brush adjacent to the fairway at the Shilo Country Club might result in poison ivy rash on bare skin, especially if golfing in shorts. That’s advice BComd golf tournament organizer Jim MacKenzie recently gave prior to the...
by K-J | 19 Jul 2023 | History
Venessa Léger Stag Special Occasionally, RCA Museum staff are lucky enough to find artifacts which tell a complete story. Such is the case with a collection of old photos and records donated years ago by Mary Bennett, wife of the late SSgt Albert Thomas Bennett....
by K-J | 19 Jul 2023 | History
Editor’s Note: During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his military training at Camp Hughes before being sent to England for further training. He saw his first action in France shortly after Canada participated in the Battle of...
by K-J | 19 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have confirmed the grave of an unknown soldier in Bois-Carré British Cemetery, in Thélus, France, is Sgt Arthur Melvin, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. Sgt Arthur...
by K-J | 18 Jul 2023 | Community
You know you are getting older when the first section of the Brandon Sun which is perused after it is retrieved from CANEX’s recycling is the obituary page. As my journalism mentor Ken Giles from Brampton, Ont. once confided to me when I was starting out as a...
