by K-J | 8 Nov 2022 | Community
Did you know Nov. 8 is National Indigenous Veterans’ Day, a day of remembrance and commemoration of the contributions of Indigenous military veterans. CFB Shilo hosted a mid-morning event at the consecrated permanent tipi on the south side of Base HQ, with DAAG...
by K-J | 7 Nov 2022 | Community
Capt Graham Ware Stag Special The city I consider my hometown, Guelph, Ont., also happens to be the birthplace of LCol John McCrae, who is best known the poem In Flanders’ Fields. LCol McCrae and I attended the same high school. Something I only recently discovered is...
by K-J | 2 Nov 2022 | Community
Stag editor Jules Xavier has been documenting life at CFB Shilo since June 2012, with his Nikons focused on military life, plus military work and play. Here are just a sampling of images which might inspire you to dust off your camera and take photographs around the...
by K-J | 2 Nov 2022 | CAF/DND
Stag Special Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Wayne Eyre announced the members selected for this year’s Remembrance Day sentry program.In its 24th year, the program was created in 1998 to publicly recognize outstanding Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members from both...
by K-J | 30 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Among the possessions found with Pte Atherton’s skeletal remains was a 10th Battalion cap badge. Some of the artifacts included a brass Canada shoulder title, Canadian C10 numbered collar badge, plus his ID disc. Shilo Stag The Department of National Defence (DND) and...
