by K-J | 9 Apr 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag Standing at ease nearby the historic Vimy monument, then 2PPCLI A Coy 2IC Capt Megan Couto thought of the soldiers going into battle on April 9, 1917.It was a chilly Easter Monday when the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France did what...
by K-J | 20 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special During the First World War, the Canadian Militia established a network of military training sites across Canada to train 600,000 recruits for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) going overseas to fight on the Western Front.One of the 17...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Padre Capt Sye VanMaanen leads the burial party from The British Columbia Regiment on June 12, 2019 during the burial ceremony of First World War fallen soldier Pte George Alfred Newburn at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery outside...
by K-J | 15 Jul 2022 | Features
Then 1RCHA A Bty BC Maj Joe O’Donnell led the way, first to jump into a frigid RTA lake as part of winter training during Ex FROSTY GUNNER. As new 1RCHA CO, he’s transitioning from teacher to leader. Plus he likes to have fun, whether it’s working...
