by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag It’s a nickname which has stuck for Bdr (Ret’d) Bob McKinnon, who spent 18 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) keeping soldiers nourished from his Army kitchen.“He called me ‘Cookey’,” recalled Bob, referring to former BComd LCol John...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
Shilo Stag Why was the poppy chosen as the symbol of remembrance for Canada’s war dead?The poppy, an international symbol for those who died in war, also had international origins.A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the...
by K-J | 7 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag The acting Commanding Officer (CO) with 2PPCLI knows all about sacrifices when he looks out on the military section at the Brandon cemetery. Speaking during the eighth annual No Stone Left Alone event, Maj Chris Hartwick acknowledged his...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | History
While not all military grave markers tell an obvious story about the person interred there, some do depending on what the deceased soldier wanted engraved on the facade after they died. We know PPPCLI’s Great War soldier Sgt Mullin is a Victory Cross recipient...
