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Submitted by Prison.Libraryon May 11, 2014 - 2:00pmWant to learn more what the Prison Libraries Committee (PLC) has been up to this past year? Interested in volunteering? Hungry for pizza?Join us on Tuesday, May 13 at 4:30pm in the Cabinet room for an informal meeting and opportunity to chat and get to know other Prison Libraries Committee members. Read more the committee on our webpage .If you can't make the meeting but still want to support the committee, we are collecting books for the Remand and Women's Correctional Centre! Check out our wishlist and bring a book to the conference - we will have a book bin at our PLC booth!

Search for:Welcome to the Regimental website of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Western Canada's oldest Infantry RegimentThe Royal Winnipeg Rifles is an Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve . The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fall under the command of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group , a Brigade within the 3rd Canadian Division, which is responsible for all Army units from Northwestern Ontario to British Columbia.Based out of Minto Armouries in Winnipeg Manitob,a The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are the premier Infantry unit in Manitob,a founded in 1883, with a long and proud history of service to Canada and the Crown.The officers and men of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles train as Infantry soldiers: their task 'to close with, and destroy the enemy'. As a Light Infantry unit, soldiers are taught field craft, weapons handling, navigation, infantry tactics and other skills, many of which originated Rifle Regiments of the British Army. These tactics, developed in the early 1800s under Colonel Coote Manningham, were a departure from the tactics used by the Line Infantry of the day