Features
Remembering 2PPCLI’s Cpl Mike Seggie with rolling memorial
November 6, 2022
Cpl Michael Seggie joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in the summer of 2004. That same summer, his mother had come across a listing for a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Model Sports Coupe Fastback car, which he son immediately loved.
Moniker ‘Dean the Barber’ easier to say versus using barber’s last name
October 24, 2022
It has been 33 years for Dean the Barber, cutting hair for the military — and their families — after he started at the barbershop when it was the EX, then renamed CANEX.
Baker Kendra Minary studies Great War letters written by her great-great-uncle
October 5, 2022
Kendra Minary likes to say she was born in the wrong generation. A quarter-century old, she likes vintage Volkswagon Beetles, kitchen dishes, century homes and anything associated with the Great War, especially when it comes to her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary.
MCpl Brandon Liddy uses camera to tell stories
August 11, 2022
Having your mom name you after the city where she was born makes for a great conversation starter for 3 Div’s newest photographer being posted to CFB Shilo. Born in Windsor, Ont., 39 years ago, MCpl Brandon Liddy arrives here from CFB Borden, where he was a photojournalism instructor. He will have boots on the ground sometime after Aug. 29.
LCol Joe O’Donnell returns to prairies from Kansas
July 15, 2022
Did you know the new 1RCHA CO used to deliver the Shilo Stag, as well as Pizza Hut pizzas in his youth growing up on this Base? This is a homecoming of sorts for LCol Joe O’Donnell, who was first posted to 1RCHA in 2008 as a Forward Observation Officer (FOO) after arriving from CFB Gagetown, NB.
Korean war veteran made a difference, says BComd LCol Stephen Joudrey in eulogy
June 24, 2015
A frequent visitor to 2PPCLI to share stories over coffee with young infantry soldiers, Korean war veteran Sgt Peter Ewasiuk died on June 24, 2015 at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. He was 87.
