by K-J | 30 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag 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...
by K-J | 11 Jul 2023 | History
Col (Ret’d) Peter Williams Stag Special This year marks the 125th anniversary of the establishment what is now known as 1RCHA, originally based on A and B Batteries – the first “full-time” or “regular” elements of the post-Confederation Canadian Army. This...
by K-J | 17 May 2023 | News
Stag Special On May 17, 2006, in the Panjwa’i district of Afghanistan, Canadian Army Capt Nichola Goddard with 1RCHA made many “firsts.” She was the first female Canadian combat soldier to lead Canadian soldiers into combat and the first artillery officer to call in...
by K-J | 10 Jan 2023 | Features
Annually, students place poppies and crosses at the Brandon Cemetery graves of soldiers like 2PPCLI’s MCpl Timothy Wilson, KIA during the Afghan War and Japanese POW survivor and Korean War veteran Sgt Frank Christensen. Once researched, the Commonwealth War Graves...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | News
2PPCLI soldiers training in the RTA are wearing various ballistic protections depending on what they are doing. The equipment worn by today’s CA soldier is a contrast to what their great-grandfather’s wore in the Great War; what their grandfather’s wore in the...
