Community
IN PICTURES: CFB Shilo’s wildlife in focus
January 12, 2023
How often do you have deer walk thru your backyard, or see gophers in your travels while out for a walk. There’s a hive of activity when it comes to wildlife, both four-legged and feathered, who call the prairies home. More specifically, CFB Shilo and its hinterland.
IN PICTURES: Hoar frost dresses Base trees
January 5, 2023
Hoar frost is a type of feathery frost that forms as a result of specific climatic conditions. The word “hoar” comes from old English and refers to the old age appearance of the frost: the way the ice crystals form makes it look like white hair or a beard.
IN PICTURES: Focus comes from Stag’s visual archives
January 5, 2023
For 75 years your Shilo Stag newspaper has covered the Base and its history in both words and visuals. Looking back on the past 75 years, your Stag editor discovered a treasure trove of coloured images when film cameras were used, not today’s digital technology. Here’s a few from the archives.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Shilo Stag celebrated 75th anniversary in 2022
January 1, 2023
The birth of what would later be renamed the Shilo Stag can trace its start as Camp Shilo was evolving itself in the late 1940s. The Shilo Observer made its debut on this prairie Army Base on July 18, 1947. The Friday newspaper at the time was printed in Brandon at Monarch Press. The first editor was Lt RJ Hauser, with BSM (WOII) AE Carey handling assistant editor duties. Lt J Ferry handled sports coverage on a Base where PMQs were just starting to be built, with ground-breaking on basements and roads. There was no arena, nor a sports facility like the GSH for another few years.
Be prepared for a power outage during Manitoba winter storms
December 30, 2022
Power can be disrupted for a few moments, an hour or two, or in extreme cases such as a severe Manitoba winter storm, for more than a day. Although one cannot predict a power outage, it is important to be prepared and know what to do when the lights go out while calling CFB Shilo home.
Stay in your vehicle – it could save your life
December 28, 2022
Getting behind the wheel is the most dangerous thing most of us do each day, and that’s before high-voltage electric equipment is added to the equation. Each year, countless vehicles crash into utility poles, knocking power lines to the ground and putting lives at risk.
Celebrating advent of 2023 in Brandon — use free Brandon Transit rides
December 26, 2022
Are you planning New Year’s Eve celebrations off-Base to welcome the advent of 2023? If so, Brandon Transit is offering free bus rides if you are attending parties in the nearby community.
No Stone Left Alone participation grows in 2022 with 79,896 veterans honoured at 226 events
December 16, 2022
The numbers are in, and organizers could not wait to express their heartfelt thanks for the generous participation with No Stone Left Alone. This includes the event held at the Brandon municipal cemetery in the veterans’ section last month.
No Stone Left Alone organizers are extremely proud and grateful of the increasing opportunities we have to help us educate, honour and remember the sacrifices our military have made, and continues to make, for us. We couldn’t do it without you, and for that we offers thanks.
PHOTO ESSAY: CFB Shilo’s winter landscape in focus
December 8, 2022
If you are new to CFB Shilo following the summer ’22 posting season, be prepared for a snowy and frigid winter on the Manitoba prairies. With an Arctic Vortex comes beautiful morning views thanks to the hoar frost which will smother the trees, and anything it comes into contact with overnight.
Students can ‘touch’ First World War experience thanks to Great War Discovery Box program
December 6, 2022
What weighs 27 kilograms, contains five genuine and 17 reproduction First World War artifacts, including a gas mask and an example of trench art, and can be borrowed without charge by any school in Canada? It’s the Supply Line First World War Discovery Box, created by staff at the Ottawa-based Canadian War Museum to give students hands-on experience of what it was like to be First World War soldiers.
