Features
Part 2: World arm wrestling champ Devon Larratt tells CFB Shilo troops fear will speak and spirituality will be tested
January 22, 2024
Chief Warrant Officer Eric Le Clair, Regimental Sergeant Major, greets his combat buddy Canadian World Champion Devon Larratt, in a friendly spar when the ex-JTF2 soldier visited CFB Shilo in December 2023. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J MillarShilo Stag...
World Champ Devon Larratt arms Shilo soldiers with techniques to wrestle resiliency and mindset in combat
January 8, 2024
Canadian World Champion Arm Wrestler Devon Larratt addresses CFB Shilo personnel in December 2023 at two presentations where he shared techniques and thought on soldier and sporting resiliency and mindset. Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag NewsK-J MillarShilo Stag News -...
Winter Companions – A jolly day’s tale presented by the Canadian Armed Forces Newspapers
December 24, 2023
Shilo Stag News Christmas Feature Winter CompanionsA Jolly Days Tale Presented by the Canadian Forces Newspapers In the heart of a quiet neighbourhood, where winter winds whispered secrets through bare branches, lived Walter – a military veteran as weathered and...
Retiring in August — British car enthusiast Clive Prothero-Brooks loves his Crocs, shorts once winter melts away
July 31, 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.
Shilo Brats enjoy flashback from 1950s to 1980s during periodic reunions
July 31, 2023
Being called a Shilo brat is a badge of honour for Ken Jenkins. Kay Mowbray (nee Schrot) takes pride in the moniker of being a military brat who grew up at Camp Shilo.
75 years of news coverage in Base newspaper — source for Army news in Manitoba
July 30, 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.
Award-winning Stag editor pulls plug on 12-year stint telling CFB Shilo stories, focusing on military members at work
July 30, 2023
After 233 months sitting in the Shilo Stag editor’s chair in my CANEX office, it’s time to sign off with my “30” as I retire from a four-decade journalism career. Yes, your Stag editor turned in his office key July 31 following his final shift working, not on the newspaper, but the Stag’s website.
Fascination for knowledge, growth led Capt David Chang to join CAF
July 25, 2023
Among the many positive things Capt Euikyun (David) Chang likes about the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is the endless opportunity to learn and grow. He was deployed on Op UNIFIER Rotation 15 as the Task Force Chaplain and was known as Padre Chang to many CAF members across Task Force-UNIFIER.
Funeral services offered for cherished family pets
July 25, 2023
Karen Gardiner listened to stories about my cherished Jack Russell Terrier for nearly four hours after Purdy’s heart beat stopped for the final time at a vet’s clinic in Carberry.
Connection to Great War — Pte Charles Sharp killed in Belgium, buried far from Newfoundland
July 17, 2023
Standing over the grave of his great-grandfather Charles Sharp, then Maj Reg Sharpe shed a few tears as he reflected on what the 22-year-old endured during the Great War when he was on the battlefield a century ago.
