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BFES blazes to victory over CFB Shilo in Battle of the Badges hockey
March 11, 2025
Canadian Armed Forces Base Shilo hockey team faced off against Brandon Fire and Emergency Services in the 2025 epic Battle of the Badges ice competition with BFES taking home the victory title on March 10. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J MillarShilo Stag Media...
Battle of the Badges brews heat in CFB Shilo vs. Brandon Fire and Emergency Services sporting spar
March 6, 2025
Brandon Fire and Emergency Chief Terry Parlow making good on a friendly Battle of the Badges lost wager in 2024 when CFB Shilo beat BFES in a hockey sporting spar with the defeated team having to wash a LAV. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J MillarShilo Stag...
Unknown Canadian soldier identified 80 years after death in battle liberating Netherlands
March 3, 2025
Private Vanance and his mother. Photo courtesy of the family of Albert and Elsie Vanasse.K-J MillarShilo Stag Media A Canadian Second World War soldier listed as missing is now identified 80 years after being killed in action and is buried in an unknown grave in the...
CFB Shilo soldier awarded prestigious USA Meritorious Service Medal and citation
February 27, 2025
Canadia Armed Forces Master-Warrant Officer Darlene Skinner sits in her office at CFB Shilo after receiving the United States of America Meritorious Service Medal and Citation for her time while posted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. MWO Skinner received...
Awards Parade fit for royalty – CFB Shilo members honoured with King’s medal
February 25, 2025
Corporal Josee Lavigne was awarded the King's Coronation Medal on Feb. 25, "for outstanding performance while Second in Command of 1 RCHA Regimental Orderly Room. Her technical acumen and attention to detail enabled them to perform in a supervisory role, out of trade....
Reading is for everyone every day – O’Kelly students turn a page with enthusiasm
February 14, 2025
I Love to Read week was celebrated at CFB Shilo's O'Kelly School, where Lexi Mc Dougall, Kaleb Picklyk and AJ Penny turned a page to embrace the love and significance of reading on Feb. 12. (Photo: K-J MIllar/Shilo Stag News)K-J Millar Shilo Stag Media Pupils at...
Canadian military personnel training to protect Nato’s northern flank
February 13, 2025
A Canadian Armed Forces member practices and trains for cold weather operations at CFB Shilo on Jan. 22 as part of EXERCISE Royal Stag, in which CAF personnel joined with Allied Forces to train for extreme environmental conditions. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag...
CFB Shilo’s united ways create large donation for charity
February 12, 2025
CFB Shilo Base Command Team presented Areta Donnelly, campaign director for the Brandon and District United Way, a donation cheque on Feb. 11, from funds raised through the Government of Canada Workplace Campaign. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J MillarShilo...
Sprucewoods MLA Grant Jackson “Stays Frosty” at CFB Shilo
February 7, 2025
CFB Shilo Base Commander LCol David Cronk presents Sprucewoods MLA Grant Jackson, standing next to RSM CWO Eric LeClair, with a snowshoe plaque engraved with "Menere Frigidus" meaning to "Stay Frosty" on Jan. 22. Jackson was geared up in military attire for the day on...
Barriers, discrimination, bravery and resilience of Black CAF members mark Black History Month
February 4, 2025
Canadian Armed Forces members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion are "notable" examples of Black Canadians who rose to the occasion to protect Canada, Minister of National Defence Bill Blair said on Feb. 1 to mark Black History Month. K-J Millar, Shilo Stag Media,...
