by K-J | 13 Jun 2023 | Community
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag Are you new to Manitoba, and looking for a summer weekend road trip in the vicinity of CFB Shilo? If so, why not fill the family vehicle and travel east towards Carberry on Hwy 1, then head south on Hwy 5 en route to Spruce Woods Provincial...
by K-J | 7 Jun 2023 | History
Editor’s Note: During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his military training at Camp Hughes prior to being shipped to England for additional training. He saw his first action in France soon after Canada’s involvement in the Battle of...
by K-J | 6 Jun 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag A veteran of the D-Day invasion in 1944 was laid to rest in Boissevain’s cemetery on a frigid winter afternoon.It was a few days after his death at age 94 in January 2019 when Francis Godon’s family and friends gathered for his funeral.It...
by K-J | 21 Mar 2023 | History
Andrew OakdenJonathan FergusonStag Special They were three brothers in the First World War — they all died within one year of each other.Pte Hugh Ross died on June 6, 1916 in Belgium; Simon Ross died on Feb. 22, 1917 in Mesopotamia; while William Ross died on May 1,...
by K-J | 7 Feb 2023 | Features
Capt Wright Eruebi Stag Special MWO Madison Weatherald joined other cadets from across Manitoba for a two-day music clinic for cadets in Winnipeg last month. The music clinic provided specialist instruction in drill, music theory and allowed participants to practice...
