by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Sarah FrancisShilo Stag Paul Gross didn’t want to make another war movie, but then he found himself hearing the stories of those who served in Afghanistan.Hyena Road is based on the “1,000 true stories” of the men and women he met who have served in Afghanistan and...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Stag editor spends his free time when not working or officiating in a number of sports, exploring cemeteries where he can be found researching his family tree, like the graves of his grandparents and great-grandparents in Nanaimo, BC. Or researching the life of PPCLI...
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 | 28 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag Learning her lines from the script for Hyena Road was no problem for 33-year-old Canadian actress Christine Horne, who has appeared in such films as Stories We Tell, and The Captive.Figuring out the Canadian Army’s acronyms used on the set of...
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 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag It’s a nickname which has stuck for Bdr (Ret’d) Bob McKinnon, who spent 18 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) keeping soldiers nourished from his Army kitchen.“He called me ‘Cookey’,” recalled Bob, referring to former BComd LCol John...
