Features
Nesbitt’s Pte Cecil Minary trained at Camp Hughes before sailing for Liverpool, England in 1916
July 14, 2023
On the 106 anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge this past April, Kendra Minary was thinking about her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary.
Army newspaper covered Base for more than seven decades
June 30, 2023
Seventy years ago when the inaugural Shilo Stag was published and distributed on this Base, Kodak Tri-X black and white film was used in what would now be considered an antique camera your grandfather brought out at family outings.
Gunners rekindle memories every three years with RCA Reunion gathering
June 28, 2023
Gunners from across Canada will hold a national reunion at CFB Shilo. Past and current members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery will once again gather for the RCA home station reunion at CFB Shilo for four days starting June 29 to renew acquaintances and friendships.
Go Leafs! — former BRSM says leaving Manitoba for Alberta bittersweet following his Change of Appointment ceremony
June 27, 2023
The Base CWO’s office at Base HQ has gone from Maple Leaf blue to Canadiens bleu, blanc et rouge following a Change of Appointment (CoA) ceremony held at Canoe River Memorial Park. The CoA was part of an earlier Change of Command (CoC) ceremony where outgoing Base CWO Jeremy Abrahamse’s Command Team partner LCol Chris Wood relinquished his Base command to LCol David Cronk.
LCol Chris Wood — Outgoing Base Commander will miss prairie winters, seeing 1RCHA’s Gunline in action
June 26, 2023
Leaving the prairies behind as the Wood family returns to Ontario, LCol Chris Wood laments what he will miss about his two-year stint as CFB Shilo’s Base Commander. Yes, winters are on his list of likes, as well as sunsets and seeing the Northern Lights. The pace, too, will something he will have to adjust to when he hits Ottawa traffic again. Not the same when it comes driving in Brandon and its hinterland.
PHOTO ESSAY: Mucky moments in Mud Day’s mud pit
June 23, 2023
Shilo MFRC’s annual Mud Day is always popular with the youngsters who don’t mind getting mucky in the mud pit. And some adults, too, participated in mud wrestling with their kids, or spouse, as the whole family goes home covered in mud.
PHOTO ESSAY: 1RCHA CO impressed with inaugural Ex TOUGH GUNNER
June 22, 2023
Despite starting the morning off with precipitation, 1RCHA CO LCol Joe O’Donnell was impressed with the inaugural Ex TOUGH GUNNER. The event definitely tested the physical mettle of 1RCHA soldiers.
National Air Force Museum wants western provinces to participate — take flight with Ad Astra stone program
June 13, 2023
Air force veterans from Manitoba are in good company at 8 Wing CFB Trenton. Of the more than 12,000 stone markers set along the edges of walkways adjacent to the Ontario-based National Air Force Museum of Canada, there are a few of them featuring people with a connection to this province.
Army cadets recognized in front of family during fifth annual ceremonial review
June 12, 2023
CO Capt Connie Wilson looked on proudly as young people dressed in their 2502 1RCHA Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corp (RCACC) uniforms marched out on to the MPFT parade square. Inclement weather forced the move indoors after initial plans for the fifth annual ceremonial review were to hold the event on the Kapyong parade square.
Enjoying lobster is not an exercise in table etiquette
June 9, 2023
My initial exposure to lobster came as a youngster when my late father was posted to now defunct CFS St. Margaret’s in New Brunswick. Who knew the five Xavier air force brats, fussy eaters we were as children, would enjoy our dad’s lobster when he offered it to us. But we did, so this meant his lobster feast was interrupted.
