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City, MD, 4 Wing partner up for a fantastic Snow Fever festival

Jeff Gaye Jeff Gaye Monday was a beautiful day for tobogganing at Cold Lake Golf and Winter Club. Go Jets Go: Col Doyle and MWO Gary James.

JEFF GAYE skiing and tubing, ski- and snowboard- Lakeshore Drive. afternoon. cross races, live bands and more. The action moved to 4 Wing for Traditional Quebecois tire, made Snow Fever was an all-out weekend- The City of Cold Lake hosted “Winter Wonderland” on Monday, by pouring hot maple syrup on packed long winter festival last weekend, with Sunday’s activities at the Marina. the official Family Day holiday. fresh snow, was a popular treat. three days of activities at three different The Fire and Ice theme included a PSP staff and base personnel provided The weather over the weekend locations. pond hockey tournament, ice and activities on gigantic inflatables, was on the cold side, but every The Municipal District of snow sculptures and a big fire pit for rock climbing, face painting and venue provided opportunities for Bonnyville and Kinosoo Ridge Snow roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. balloon animals in the morning; and participants to warm up – either with Resort kicked things off on Saturday Horse-drawn wagons took tobogganing, wagon rides, cross- heated shelter, a wood fire or a cup of with their Snöjuhla event, featuring passengers for scenic rides along country skiing and snowshoeing in the hot chocolate.

LOCAL LOCAL NATIONAL WEEKLY Winter warfare training in Are you in a rush? RCAF Flyers win Olympic Movies & more! Cold Lake Speeding is a leading cause of traffic gold medal Editor...... Page 2 1 CER built obstructions and accidents, damage and injury. A look back at the RCAF hockey Movies...... Page 4 practiced cold weather techniques. Page 8 team’s 1948 surprise victory. Padre...... Page 10 Page 3 Page 9 Entertainment...... Page 11

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Cpl Manuela Berger, Wing Imaging 401 Squadron’s Commanding Officer, LCol Forrest Rock (left) and Squadron Chief Warrant Officer, CWO Frank Dwyer (right), present Avr (T) Brett Carr with his new rank during Exercise Sandy Fleece at Holloman Air Force Cpl Allyssa Carter, Air Events, AETE Base. Col Eric Grandmont, Commanding Officer of AETE promotes USAF Lt Col Alex Wolfard to his new rank. Lt Col Wolfard was joined by his family.

Hockey sweater Centennial Building(#67), PO Box 6190 Stn Forces, may have saved Jeff Gaye Cold Lake, AB T9M 2C5 Phone: (780) 594-5206 Fax: (780) 594-2139 Canadian POW Email: [email protected] FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

THE COURIER STAFF oanna Calder has a great bathe or sleep. favourite team. article about the 1948 Olympic The “Smokies” won the Allan Cup The guard managed to smuggle MANAGER champion RCAF Flyers on page in 1938, and that fall they travelled some bread and sausage to Daphnée Hudon J 9. Here’s another of my favourite to Europe to play more than 60 Saprunoff. After a week, the prisoners EDITOR/REPORTER stories connecting the RCAF and exhibition games in two months were transferred to another location, Jeff Gaye international hockey: as a tune up for the 1939 Worlds in and the guard packaged up a modest PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Back when the Olympics and . They won the world gift of food to help Saprunoff on his Alina Mallais world championships were contested tournament, outscoring all other travels. ADMIN/SALES strictly by amateurs, usually teams 47-1. In the rail car, Saprunoff was Karla Callbeck sent the Allan Cup champions to When the Second World War reunited with some of his crew represent the country. The Allan Cup broke out, Saprunoff joined the RCAF members, who were all starving. He EDITORIAL ADVISOR is presented to the best Senior team and in 1944, on his 18th mission, his was able to share the guard’s gift with 4 WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS (adult amateur) in Canada. bomber was shot down over . them, which bolstered their strength Capt Mat Strong The legendary 1961 Trail (BC) He bailed out, and broke two ribs and their morale. Smoke Eaters were the last truly when he hit the ground. He was Back home after the war, DEADLINE amateur team to win the world hockey captured two days later. Saprunoff wore the sweater until it Wednesday at 1500 hrs for the following Tuesday championship. Canada continued The war was in its late stages, couldn’t be held together any longer. to send an amateur national team and German treatment of POWs had He then cut the crest off of it and CIRCULATION after that, but they were no match become especially harsh. Food was presented it to Jimmy Morris, the 2600 for professional “military” teams from scarce, and Saprunoff hadn’t eaten German guard’s favourite player, as a Soviet Bloc countries. anything for three or four days. tribute to them both. The Courier is published weekly with the permission of The Smoke Eaters have a long His luck changed when one Steve Saprunoff died in Trail the 4 Wing Cold Lake Wing Commander Col Doyle. The history. Young Steve Saprunoff was of the guards noticed Saprunoff 2005, at the age of 87. His brother opinions expressed are those of the contributor and do their stick boy in the 1936-37 season. was wearing his Sam, a former Smoke Eaters player not reflect those of the Editor, Canadian Forces, or DND. The Editor reserves the right to reject, edit, or condense When that season ended, one of the sweater under his flying clothing. The himself, had also joined the RCAF and any editorial or advertising material. Printed by Star Press, players gave Steve his Smoke Eaters guard was a hockey fan, and he had was killed in action in March, 1944. Wainwright, AB. hockey sweater which, the story seen the Smokies play in Berlin on Publié hebdomadairement avec la permission du goes, Steve never took off except to Christmas Day 1938. They were his [email protected] Commandant de l’escadre, le col Doyle. Les opinions personnelles exprimées dans ce journal sont celles des collaborateurs et ne représentent pas les opinions de la rédaction, des Forces canadiennes ou du Ministrère de Spot a Typo? Coffee’s On Us. la Défense nationale. La rédaction se réserve le droit de refuser, d’éditer ou de condenser tout article et matériel de Spelling mistakes and typographical errors happen to the best of us. At The Courier, though, we take pride in réclame soumis. Imprimé par Star Press, Wainwright, AB. striving for an error-free paper. If you find a typo or a spelling error in The Courier, report it to [email protected]. We’ll buy a coffee (or MEMBER OF: equivalent) at the CANEX Tim Hortons kiosk for the first person to report the error. If you’re the first to find a mistake in a headline, we’ll buy you a lunch at The Daily Goods! Error reports (if any) from each Tuesday edition will be accepted until Friday of that week. Happy hunting! NEWS

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 The Courier News & Publishing Page 3 “Moose” Squadron trains in Moose Jaw

CAPT ELSON BOO, 419 SQUADRON Squadron, the program provides pilots an excellent trainees to practice their missions before carrying introduction to fighter flying. them out in the aircraft. The simulator and the Every winter, adverse weather in Cold Lake affects The infrastructure at 15 Wing was ideal for training airspace are available on weekends, allowing training progression for student pilots undergoing supporting the 419 Squadron detachment, as the for extra training if necessary. Fighter Lead-In Training with 419 Tactical Fighter support staff and equipment from 2 Canadian The support staff at CFB Moose Jaw are CAE (Training) Squadron. Forces Flying Training School (2 CFFTS) were made employees, and are responsible for the upkeep of the To overcome this, 419 Squadron deploys to other available. 2 CFFTS conducts Phase III jet training Hawk aircraft and simulators. 15 Wing and CAE work locations with more favourable and predictable on Hawk aircraft, which they provided for the 419 together to provide pilot training in Moose Jaw, and weather. This year, while the majority of the Squadron training. 15 Wing also provided instructors. their support was critical to the detachment. squadron deployed to El Centro, California, a The training airspace in Moose Jaw is close to the “CAE support has been outstanding and the smaller detachment of 12 personnel from the RCAF airfield, and was repurposed into an Air Weapons personnel have been very capable of adjusting to and the Republic of Singapore Air Force deployed Range to support advanced training requirements. the additional load of maintenance operations and to 15 Wing Moose Jaw for the first three weeks in “The detachment was a great success and we would logistical support required by our detachment,” said February. like to express our sincere gratitude to 15 Wing, ATC Lt Yew Chee Hao, the senior student pilot at 419 419 Squadron operates the CT-155 Hawk Aircraft agencies, and CAE for their exceptional support,” said Squadron. “We would like to thank them for their for its training. The Hawk is an advanced jet-powered Maj Augustine Wan, Detachment Commander for the professionalism and hard work in ensuring our trainer aircraft, which has handling characteristics Moose Jaw Detachment. detachment was a successful one.” similar to modern-day frontline fighter aircraft. 419 Squadron was also able to use 15 Wing’s 419 Squadron aims to graduate two fighter pilots Combined with the fighter tactics taught at 419 realistic and advanced aircraft simulators which allow by the end of the Moose Jaw Detachment.

1 CER conducts winter warfare training at 4 Wing

2LT CAMILLE DOLPHIN

Approximately 120 members from One Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) conducted winter warfare training at Cold Lake Air Weapons Range earlier this month. The training took place inside the Primrose Lake Evaluation Range, a site perfectly suited for 1 CER’s needs, according to WO Anthony Anderberg, Squadron Quarter Master. “There are many benefits to training at the PLER,” he said. “Our usual training area doesn’t offer the tree lines and the lake that PLER offers. The cold weather is also a considerable challenge. It is an area we are not used to training in and the support system is different, we are more self-supported at PLER.” Winter warfare exercises are designed to enhance the effectiveness of Canadian Armed Forces members Cpl Justin Roy, Wing Imaging in extreme cold weather conditions. The main goal of the exercise is to train members to fight in a cold, semi-austere environment. During the week-long exercise, participating members always moved on foot, carrying 40-kilogram rucksacks. They slept in ten-man tents, except on the last night when they had to sleep under a lean-to. They built snow defences and obstacles including abatises – obstacles made from tree trunks and branches laced together and placed lengthwise facing an approaching enemy. They then destroyed the obstacles with explosives. Throughout the training, the members of 1 CER honed their skills on a variety of weapons, including M203 grenade launchers, Carl Gustav recoilless rifles, C6 machine guns, C7A2 automatic rifles and C9A2 light machine guns. According to 1 CER’s Pte Jonathan Jaspers, the exercise helped the members of the unit learn practical skills like how to pack and carry a rucksack, how to dress effectively and how to work as a team, all in extreme Cpl Justin Roy, Wing Imaging conditions. 1 CER members trained with various weapons on exercise at PLER. Page 4 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, February 20, 2018

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Alternative: music? Kyle Wall WALL OF SOUND

want to talk about the benefits of studying and playing Let’s examine for a minute what it takes to music. play an instrument. From the moment you pick up I Having run the gamut of competitive sports in my your instrument of choice to the time you put it youth – swimming, hockey, baseball, tennis, volleyball, down, you’ve already started to develop your fine basketball, you get the idea – I can honestly say I never motor skills, coordination, and timing. Other benefits found anything that I have enjoyed more than music. become even more apparent: clear increase in While some things come naturally to me, music has been memory capacity, heightened levels of concentration, one of the few things that continues to challenge and discipline and perseverance, organization (i.e. allocation inspire me. of time / how the practice is structured), reading We tend to look at sports as the platform to foster comprehension, responsibility (care and maintenance and promote development in children. We have come of the instrument), teamwork (when playing in a band), to expect that this is the primary source to facilitate social skills (interacting with other band members, Pet of the their physical development, build self-esteem, promote or while performing), confidence (overcoming stage confidence, develop social skills, and teach valuable life fright), math skills, all while substantially reducing lessons while overcoming hardship or adversity. Though I stress. agree with most of that sentiment, I believe that learning Next time you’re looking for an activity for your Week a musical instrument can achieve all of this and so much children, look at music, It may be the one activity in their at the more. lives they will never grow out of! Lakeland Humane Society North and south meet at Cold Lake Legion

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2018 is The Year of the Bird

SHONA LAWSON, M.SC., P. agreement with the US to 1863, the term “aviation” was has changed little since 1918 arctic breeding grounds (as BIOL., RPBIO.ENVIRONMENT conserve and protect birds. created by French pioneer and was officially adopted in well as on their return flight OFFICER, 4 WING COLD LAKE Canadian partnerships have Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de 1949. to warmer areas to overwinter), broadened over the years to La Landelle, forever tying birds Many Canadian Armed dozens of species call the This year is being include Mexico and other and human flight together. Forces badges and insignia Lakeland home year round. celebrated across the globe countries in Central and South (“Avis” is Latin for “bird” and also include birds, most This year Wing as The Year of the Bird by America. the suffix “-ation” means notably the RCAF badge. A Environment celebrates the organizations including Birds live on every action or progress.) new RCAF badge was unveiled amazing world of birds, and we Bird Life International, the continent in the world and in Gustav and Otto in 2013 to replace the 1963 Air will explore their ties to 4 Wing Audubon Society and the every habitat, from pristine Lilienthal, 19th century glider Command badge. It retained and the Canadian Forces. National Geographic Society. landscapes to cities and experimenters, were inspired the golden eagle volant, while 2018 is the 100th garbage dumps. Birds and by the wings and flight of the the Canadian astral crown anniversary of the Migratory people share a long history. White Stork. Otto Lilienthal’s disappeared and was replaced Bird Treaty Act of 1918 Peoples and cultures the world published work “Der Vogelflug with a sky blue background. between the over have used birds for food als Grundlage der Fliegekunst”, The 2013 eagle flying solo and Great Britain (acting on and as mythical and religious literally translates into English badge reflects the confident, behalf of Canada). The act symbols. as “Bird Flight as the Basis of experienced, resilient, agile marked the first significant And of course birds are the Aviation”. and integrated RCAF. The step in protecting millions inspiration for human flight. As humans achieved badge combines pride in the of migrating birds in North Birds have inspired human flight and planes made their past with a contemporary America. flight for over two thousand way into wars, air forces were RCAF spirit. Over the years the act has years, leading to the creation created and birds became their The Lakeland area boasts evolved, and in Canada it is of kites, balloons and flying symbols. In 1918 the Royal Air more than 235 species of birds. now known as the Migratory machines. Leonardo da Vinci’s Force (RAF) Council adopted While many migrate here in the Birds Convention Act (MBCA). Ornithopter design inspired their badge, an eagle carrying spring to breed, or stop over on The MBCA upholds Canada’s the modern day helicopter. In a laurel sprig. The RAF badge their way to boreal forest and Jeff Gaye

Le slammeur MC June fait chanter l’école Voyageur

DAPHNÉE HUDON de préparer les élèves à la journée L’activité finale, qui est une première, La prochaine journée BBSV se BBSV. Pour Mme Chénier, « le slam était d’écrire un slam, que chaque élève déroulera en Mars prochain et aura C’est sous le thème de «Slam ta vie est une belle façon pour les élèves de enverrait par la poste à un autre élève comme trame de fond la sensibilisation en français» qu’avait lieu la journée s’exprimer, tout en promouvant la de la commission scolaire. à la santé mentale. bi-annuelle BBSV à l’école Voyageur, langue française ». mercredi dernier. Suite aux ateliers de MC June, les La journée BBSV, pour Beaux- élèves ont pu écrire leur propre texte, Lacs, Beauséjour, Sommet et Voyageur, et deux d’entre eux ont été sélectionnés les écoles du Conseil scolaire de pour le réciter devant leurs camarades Centre-Est, a pour but de «rassembler de classe lors de cette journée. L’une les secondaires pour qu’ils puissent des deux participantes, Noémie St-Jean, partager le fait français, afin de a pu apprendre de MC June plusieurs préserver la culture, dans un esprit de notions de slam comme : «comment camaraderie », explique la directrice de avoir plus de rimes, comment suivre un l’École Voyageur, Mme Manon Chénier. beat quand tu les dis». Pour Noémie, le Les élèves ont donc pu découvrir plus difficile a été de «trouver une idée, le slam, un art oral, mélange entre la et de l’expliquer», mais elle a beaucoup poésie et le rap. aimé son expérience et en écrira Malgré la mauvaise température certainement d’autres. qui a empêché les autres écoles de Plusieurs autres activités avaient participer à cette journée, l’école également été prévues pour «encourager Voyageur a réservé un accueil la camaraderie entre les élèves des chaleureux à leur invité d’honneur, le différentes écoles francophones» ajoute slammeur et conférencier montréalais la directrice, comme «du hip hop, MC June. Arrivé dans la région de la méditation, de la peinture sur du Lakeland le 12 février dernier, canevas, du zen tango, des mandalas, MC June a fait le tour des écoles pour du cirque, de la raquette à l’extérieur et donner des ateliers sur le slam, afin un feu de joie à la fin de la journée».

Jeff Gaye MC June a donné l’opportunité à quelques élèves de performer avec lui. Page 6 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Thank you! It was a great weekend! THANK YOU to our sponsors! You made Snow Fever possible for our residents and visitors. Thanks to you, it was a fun winter festival for all ages! THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered! We love your community spirit! And THANK YOU to everyone for coming out and enjoying themselves! It’s your support and participation that made Snow Fever so much fun!

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Scenes from last weekend’s Snow Fever activities at Kinosoo Ridge, Cold Lake Marina and 4 Wing.

All photos by Jeff Gaye Page 8 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Are you in a rush?!

CPL GUILLAUME LEBRUN, to get there faster. Several components are affected posted speed is lower. Demerit points PATROLMAN, 11 MP FLIGHT Speeding is not the safest way. when you drive over the posted speed for speeding over the posted limit by Bad driving behaviour is an issue limit. For instance, the effectiveness less than 15 km/h is two points, and six Many of us follow a routine, like for many drivers, and speeding is of your seatbelts will be reduced. points for exceeding the posted limit by going to work or dropping the kids off bad driving behaviour. Last year, an Also, your field of vision and your more than 50 km/h. at school, and we end up using the same Alberta Motor Association survey peripheral vision decreases, while the Don’t forget that fines for speeding route every time. showed that 82 per cent of Albertans distance required to stop your vehicle in a construction zone will be double Today you are following your regular said speeding is never acceptable increases. This increases the chances the regular amount when workers are routine, to the same place you go every on residential roads, but 52 per cent of losing control of your vehicle and present, and the same rule is applied day, but this morning you are running admitted to doing it. injuring yourself or others. In 2015, 288 when you pass emergency vehicles or late and you’re in a rush. It is something In 2015, 25.7 per cent of fatal people were killed and 13,531 were tow trucks stopped with their lights small that you were not expecting, and collisions involved one or more drivers injured in collisions involving unsafe flashing. now you are late. You may be thinking travelling faster than the speed limit. speed. Please remember to pay more about taking a different route, or you But even if speeding doesn’t always kill, Don’t forget to be double vigilant attention to your speed and take your simply decide to press a little harder on it can cause different consequences that when driving in school and construction time. Don’t risk your life, or someone the gas pedal. You will try to find a way affect other users on the road. zones. Drivers must slow down if the else’s life just because you are in a rush. Êtes-vous pressé?

CPL GUILLAUME LEBRUN, Faire un excès de vitesse n’est pas le pour les autres personnes sur la route. ralentir si la vitesse indiquée est plus PATROUILLEUR, 11 ELE PM moyen le plus sûr. Dépasser la limite de vitesse influe basse. Les points d’inaptitude pour le De nombreux conducteurs ont sur plusieurs facteurs, notamment dépassement de la limite de vitesse sont Un grand nombre d’entre nous de mauvaises habitudes, notamment votre ceinture de sécurité, qui est alors les suivants : deux si vous dépassez la suivent une routine, comme d’aller au dépasser la limite de vitesse. Selon un moins efficace. De plus, votre champ limite de moins de 15 km/h, et six si travail ou de laisser les enfants à l’école, sondage mené l’année dernière par de vision et votre vision périphérique vous la dépassez de plus de 50 km/h. et nous suivons aussi le même trajet tous l’Alberta Motor Association, 82 pour diminuent, tandis que la distance N’oubliez pas non plus que les les jours. cent des Albertains ont déclaré qu’il nécessaire pour arrêter augmente. Il y amendes dans les zones de construction Ce matin, vous faites la même n’était jamais acceptable de dépasser a donc plus de probabilités de perdre sont deux fois plus élevées lorsqu’il chose, vous vous rendez au même la limite de vitesse dans des rues la maîtrise de votre véhicule et de y a des travailleurs, et que la même endroit que d’habitude, mais vous êtes résidentielles, mais 52 pour cent ont vous blesser, ou de blesser d’autres règle s’applique lorsque vous dépassez en retard, et donc pressé. C’était une admis qu’ils le font. personnes. En 2015, 288 personnes des véhicules d’urgence ou des petite chose inattendue, mais qui vous a En 2015, 25,7 pour cent des ont été tuées et 13 531 ont été blessées dépanneuses arrêtés et dont les feux retardé. Vous pensez peut-être changer accidents mortels impliquaient au dans des collisions liées à des excès de clignotent. de trajet, ou vous décidez simplement moins un conducteur qui allait plus vitesse. Souvenez-nous d’être plus attentif à d’appuyer un peu plus sur l’accélérateur. vite que la limite. Même si les excès de N’oubliez pas d’être votre vitesse et prenez votre temps. Ne Vous allez essayer de trouver un moyen vitesse ne tuent pas toujours, ils peuvent particulièrement vigilant dans les zones risquez pas votre vie, ou celle des autres, d’arriver plus vite. entraîner différentes conséquences d’écoles et de construction. Vous devez simplement parce que vous êtes pressé.

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The RCAF Flyers stunned the world by winning Olympic gold

JOANNA CALDER other players to be left out of the action. rejoicing throughout all parts of Canada… heartiest The beat the Swedes 3-1 and Leading congratulations on the team’s splendid achievement.” It was September 8, 1947, and Squadron Leader Aircraftman Dowey showed what a superb goalie he It was a far cry from the “Team proves inadequate Alexander “Sandy” Watson, the RCAF’s senior medical was. An accomplished baseball player, he had begun for ” headline that had followed their officer, was appalled. catching the puck when he was a teenager, fashioning defeat by the McGill Redmen. Earlier that year, the International Olympic a makeshift trapper glove out of a baseball catcher’s Most of the team members played several weeks Committee had announced that “amateur” status glove. During the Olympics, he amazed the spectators of exhibition games in Europe, in part to help cover for Olympic athletes would be strictly enforced and with his skills. the costs of their participation. Eventually they made that anyone who had received any kind of financial On day 3, the Canadians beat the British team it back to Canada, where they were welcomed with a benefit from playing sports – even if it was a stipend 3-0 in a blizzard that covered the outdoor arena in an parade through the streets of . rather than an actual salary – would not be eligible to inch of snow. Players shoveled the ice surface during The team was disbanded on April 11, 1948, and compete. That meant that the winners of the Allan the three-and-a-half-hour game. many players returned to their civilian jobs. Others Cup, who were normally selected to represent Canada February 2 was warm and sunny and the ice continued their careers with the RCAF, including in the hockey competition, wouldn’t be able to play. surface turned into a morass of slush and water. Orval “Red” Gravelle, who had been a bellhop at Canada wouldn’t be sending a hockey team to The Flyers beat Poland 15-0. The players felt it was the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa before being the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. unsporting to beat the Polish team so badly but convinced to join the RCAF and play for the Flyers. Squadron Leader Watson thought this was Olympic scoring rules made every goal count in the In 1971, the Flyers were inducted into the unacceptable and started telephoning people. final medals outcome. Canadian Armed Forces Sports Hall of Fame and in Within 24 hours he obtained the support of The next day the Flyers defeated Italy 21-1. On 2008 they were inducted into the Canadian Olympic Defence Minister Brooke Claxton, Wilf February 4, warm weather again destroyed the ice Hall of Fame. Curtis, chief of the air staff, and the Canadian Amateur surface, and the game against the U.S. was postponed. Hockey Association for his idea of forming an RCAF Many thought this match would end the Flyers’ team for the Olympics. Because personnel were paid winning streak, but on February 5, the Canadians The RCAF Flyers team members for their military work, and not their participation in beat the Americans 12-3. • Squadron Leader Dr. Sandy Watson – Manager sports, they met the definition of amateur. Next up was the Czechoslovakian team, which was • Sergeant – Coach Tryouts and practices began immediately. coached by a Canadian. The Czechs were tough, and • Corporal George McFaul – Trainer and Unfortunately, three of the RCAF’s top hockey players, the hard-fought game ended in a scoreless tie. Two equipment manager the members of the so-called Kraut Line – Bobby more games stood between the Canadians and the • Flying Officer Hubert Brooks Bauer, and – were podium. • Leading Aircraftman Murray Dowey ineligible because they’d played for the Boston Bruins In game 7, the Canadians beat the Austrians 12-0 • Flying Officer Frank Dunster before the war. But there were other great hockey in another snowstorm. Finally, on the last day of the • Leading Aircraftman Roy Forbes players in the RCAF, and after some long, gruelling Olympics, the Flyers were up against the hometown • Sergeant Andy Gilpin days a team was assembled. favourites – the Swiss. • Aircraftman First Class Orval “Red” Gravelle They were terrible! In their first exhibition game, Again the weather was uncooperative, but the • Corporal Patsy Guzzo the Flyers were beaten 7-0 by the McGill University Flyers “overcame handicaps of slushy ice and partisan • Mr. Wally Halder – highest scorer during the Redmen in front of a huge crowd that included the refereeing,” according to Canadian Press reporter Olympic Games Governor General, the Defence Minister, Air Marshal Jack Sullivan. “Ice conditions were so bad that at times • Aircraftman First Class Ted Hibberd Billy Bishop, and representatives of the Canadian the game threatened to develop into a farce,” he wrote. • Corporal Ross King Olympic Association and the Canadian Amateur As the game drew to a close, Swiss fans even started • Aircraftman Second Class André Laperrière Hockey Association. Two days later, they were defeated throwing snowballs at the Canadian players! • Flight Sergeant Louis Lecompte by the team. Squadron Leader Watson The Flyers persevered. They won the game 3-0, • Aircraftman First Class Pete Leichnitz and the team’s coach, Sergeant Frank Boucher, went and took the gold medal. Goalie Murray Dowey had • Mr. – Team captain back to the drawing board. allowed only five goals over eight games, and had • Leading Aircraftman Ab Renaud By January 7, 1948 a stronger team was assembled, played five shutouts. • Flying Officer Reg Schroeter with fewer than half of the players who’d been defeated In a telegram to Squadron Leader Watson, • Corporal Irving Taylor by the Redmen. In 24 hours they were scheduled to Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King leave for New York for their crossing to Europe. said, “The victory of our team will be received with All but two of the 20 team members were members of the RCAF, but they’d gotten there by various ways. Some were serving members, some were called up from the RCAF Reserve or had left the RCAF and were re- enrolled. A couple were ex-Army who were re-enrolled to wear Air Force blue, and a few were even enrolled off the street. Civilian André Laperrière was given only 15 minutes to make up his mind about playing for the team, and the next day he was enrolled in the RCAF. Two former members of the Royal Canadian Navy were financially well-off and joined the team as civilian volunteers. On the eve of departure, another disaster struck. The starting goalie couldn’t go for medical reasons, so Squadron Leader Watson called Murray Dowey. Within three hours Dowey, who was ex-Army, had been granted leave from his civilian job and was on a train to Ottawa. A few hours later he was sworn into the RCAF and on the train to New York. The Flyers played some exhibition games in England and Europe, then made their way to St. Moritz. There was a lot at stake. Canada had taken hockey gold in the Winter Olympics in 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932. The British won the gold in 1936, but their ranks were stacked with Canadian or Canadian-raised players. The 1948 Games were the first winter games since then – and the world was watching. The Flyers were unstoppable. On January 20, the Flyers hit the ice for their first match against Sweden. But before play began, Sergeant Boucher learned that under Olympic rules he could only dress 11 players, plus the spare goalie. LAC Mikan no. 4842046 He kept the same lineup throughout the games as it The RCAF Flyers hockey team in action against Sweden’s national team at the 1948 Winter was a winning combination, but it was difficult for the Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Page 10 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, February 20, 2018

1 AMS promotions and presentations

1 AMS Commanding Officer LCol Justin Armstrong and Acting Squadron Warrant Officer MWO Dennis Tobin made presentations to members during 1 AMS Ground Training Day on January 5.

All photos by Cpl Justin Roy, Wing Imaging

Cpl Alexander LeBlanc - Promotion Cpl James Crewe - Promotion

Cpl Aaron Martin - Promotion Cpl Madyson Webb - Promotion MS Katlin Manion - Commanding Officer’s Commendation

MCpl Phillipe Vahey - Knight of the Quarter MCpl Darragh Mercer - CWO Coin Sgt Robert Olivier - Canadian Forces Aerobic Award of Excellence

The 13 C’s of Spiritual Padre Christopher Willis Resilience: Confidence CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

Pour lire la version française de cet article, consultez too much effort at first. It was too tiring for her little There are four things I have learned about notre site internet au www.couriernews.ca. legs. She didn’t believe the reward was worth the confidence that have served me well. effort. Then when her legs grew stronger and she was 1. Whenever possible I want to broaden my esilience requires confidence. Confidence is a getting around on training wheels, the fear of falling sources of confidence. One might fail, but another sense of assurance in one’s own ability, or faith and crashing kept her training wheels on much longer might be able to catch my fall. Rin the reliability of another. It can be a state of than we would have liked. 2. I want to be careful to not put too much being certain, or a relation of intimate trust or secret Eventually it was getting embarrassing for her to confidence in myself. I am frail, imperfect, and prone to communication. We are able to bounce back, or put be the biggest kid on training wheels. So we graduated error and folly. Sinners should not be overconfident. everything on the line and suffer loss, when we believe to me running behind her, holding on to her seat. Her 3. I want to live up to the challenge of putting another has our back. confidence for a while rested on the fact that daddy more confidence in myself. I am made in God’s image Confidence is essential to the military lifestyle. A was holding on, and if daddy was holding on, no harm and am capable of amazing things and purposes – pilot trusts the ACS techs that furnish them with safety would befall her. But we could not do that forever. things not yet tried, and skills and abilities that require equipment. A Master Corporal trusts the confidence of So one spring day we went to a deserted school failure to develop. the social worker they may open up to about a personal park on a Saturday after breakfast with the agreed- 4. God can always be trusted. I have learned struggle. A passenger trusts the pilot who transports upon intention of a no fail mission to master riding the this by experience. When it has seemed that no one them. A mother trusts that her chain of command bike solo. We would not leave the park until the mission or nothing is there, when I have felt that I can’t even and the Wing Commander will provide support to was accomplished. The carrot was the hope of being rely on myself, and sheer determination has not her family. A veteran trusts our government for its able to ride unassisted to kindergarten with her friends gotten me over the hump, all is not lost. God can make continued support long after they return their CADPAT. in the small village we lived in. There was a lot of “You miracles happen. He can make what is dead come to Sometimes I think the hardest thing I have had to can do it!” and a fair bit of consternation on her part. life. He loves me and accepts me despite my failures or do as a parent was to teach my daughter how to ride But eventually she did it. A week later I was riding with inabilities, and He promises me a brighter future than a bike. Maybe it wasn’t the hardest thing, but it sure her when she hollered, “Look dad - no hands!” the darkness of my present. He has brought me out of wasn’t fun! She approached riding a bike with not Confidence is a frail thing. It can take a fair bit to the dark and into the light in the past and He can do it much confidence. I would cheer her on, but it didn’t grow, and it can be dashed with one failure. We can again. seem to help. complicate it by misplacing our trust, or by resisting our Learning to ride, even with training wheels, was reliance on trusted sources. [email protected] ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday, February 20, 2018 The Courier News & Publishing Page 11

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Wing Commander presents quarterly Honours and Awards

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4 Wing Commander Col Paul Doyle and WCWO Rémi Nault presented 4 Wing members with honours and awards for the fourth quarter of 2017. The presentations were made last Friday at the Officers’ Mess.

All photos by Jeff Gaye Special Service Medal – Alert Bar Special Service Medal – NATO Bar

Cpl Kelly MCpl Perritt LS Gravel Sgt Beynen MCpl Howatt PO2 Lavoie General Service Medal – Expedition

Sgt McLaren Cpl Thibodeau LCol Rock MCpl Skinner

Jubilee Medal Commissioning Script CFR and promotion

Sgt (Ret) Yakimchuk (pictured with family) Lt Plamondon Capt Brocklebank CD2 Certificate of Appreciation Team of the Quarter

CWO Nault Jim Belliveau MSS Admin Flight WComd Commendation WComd Commendation

Admin Wing Restructure Sgt Lepore