by K-J | 9 Apr 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag Standing at ease nearby the historic Vimy monument, then 2PPCLI A Coy 2IC Capt Megan Couto thought of the soldiers going into battle on April 9, 1917.It was a chilly Easter Monday when the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France did what...
by K-J | 1 Apr 2023 | Features
BComd LCol Chris Wood and wife Lisa were part of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (RMWF) opening evening ceremonies at Westoba Place. They were brought into the dirt-covered arena by horse-drawn carriage, taking up seats in the president’s box to watch the opening...
by K-J | 20 Mar 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag 11 Health MIR and support staff had an opportunity to observe 1RCHA’s A Bty in action on fire missions during Ex FROZEN GUNNER. Ideal weather conditions greeted 11 Health CO Maj Joel Bernier’s team, with four groups dispatched to observe and...
by K-J | 20 Mar 2023 | Features
“Youth is the first victim of war — and the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.” — Boudewijn I, King of Belgium (1934 – 1993) Jules Xavier Shilo Stag He might have...
by K-J | 12 Mar 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag It felt a little like Christmas when RCA Museum director Andrew Oakden finally held the FedEx package containing Gen Thomas Strange’s two medals purchased during an auction held in spring 2019. He waited more than 48 hours before he...
by K-J | 11 Mar 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag As a child, Maj Scott Youngson played “Army man” with his friends.However, when he chose a career path in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) it was the RCAF which piqued his attention — following in his father’s footsteps.However,...
