by K-J | 30 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag After 233 months sitting in the Shilo Stag editor’s chair in my CANEX office, it’s time to sign off with my “30” as I retire from a four-decade journalism career.Yes, your Stag editor turned in his office key July 31...
by K-J | 26 Jul 2023 | History
Andrew Oakden Stag Special The origins of the RCA Museum started well before its official opening in 1962. After the Second World War, senior officers in the Canadian Artillery wanted a centralized museum to honour the service of the more than 200,000 Canadian Gunners...
by K-J | 29 Jun 2023 | News
Andrew OakdenStag Special With the support of the City of Lahr in Germany, two retired Gunners recovered and shipped to our museum a hand-painted RCHA badge on a metal plate from the former CFB Lahr. From the 1950s to the 1990s, Canada sent Canadian troops to West...
by K-J | 1 May 2023 | Community
Shilo Stag In the fall of 2009, the RCA Museum took over building M101 with its new curatorial centre. This space allows staff to work on collection, rather than in a public space. The building is large enough it now houses 64,000 artifacts which had previously been...
by K-J | 18 Apr 2023 | News
Jules XavierShilo Stag It’s an arduous task trying to restore a more than century-old 150 mm German Howitzer used during the First World.But that’s what RCA Museum chief mechanic Rob Love is doing in the curatorial centre across the road from Base...
