by K-J | 8 Dec 2022 | Community
Stag editor Jules Xavier has spent more than a decade experiencing Manitoba’s winters after he moved east from Vancouver Island. Despite the occasional Arctic Vortex providing residents on the prairies with consistent daily temperatures in the range of -25 to...
by K-J | 30 Nov 2022 | 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 soon after Canada’s involvement in the Battle of Vimy Ridge...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | History
Pte Bill May and his brother Harold spent many months honing their infantry skills at Camp Hughes before going overseas to be part of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. During his military training, Pte May wrote many postcards which he sent to family in the...
by K-J | 5 Oct 2022 | Features
Standing inside the family bakery on the main drag in Souris, Kendra Minary looks over a Great War portrait of her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary. She has an assortment of Great War photos of Pte Minary, which she cherishes. Photo Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag Jules...
