Video: 2 CRPG Johnny Daniel Angnatuk, Quaqtaq, Nunavik

A video about Johnny Daniel Angnatuk, Master Corporal in the Canadian Rangers Patrol of Quaqtaq, Nunavik and his involvement with the Junior Canadian Rangers.

The aim of the Junior Canadian Rangers Program is to promote traditional cultures and lifestyles, including Ranger skills by offering a variety of structured activities to young people living in remote and isolated communities.

Under the supervision of the Canadian Rangers, these young Canadians (12 to 18) become active and engaged citizens of their local communities.

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Rangers build traditional komatiks to aid patrols

Eight years ago when Allen Pogotak, a Canadian Ranger leader in Ulukhaktok, headed out in the middle of winter to rescue an injured hunter, it was essential that he and the team of rescuers traveled with a komatik.

 

“One of the guys, they were out hunting muskox and he broke his leg in two places, so we had to go out at 2:00 in the morning to pick him up. He was about 120 miles from Ulukhaktok,” Pogotak shared. The team found him after traveling all night, loaded him onto the komatik and brought him back to town for transport to hospital in Yellowknife.

Pogotak was one of a 12-man team that assembled last week in Yellowknife to build komatiks for distribution among Canadian Ranger patrols in the North.

The Rangers, four each from Taloyoak, Kugluktuk and Ulukhaktok, were chosen for their experience in making the traditional sleds.

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Canadian Rangers Train in Meaford Ontario

 

The Canadian Armed Forces’ eyes and ears in northern Ontario have descended on Meaford.

A group of Canadian Rangers will be at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford until Friday where they will work towards achieving their basic Ranger qualification.

Known for their bright red hats and sweatshirts, the Canadian Rangers are a unique sub-component of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves that patrols remote and sparsely populated areas of Canada, mostly in the north.

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Ultra-light Tactical Vehicles – Things Canadian Rangers Need

Maybe a little bit of a streatch for the Canadian Rangers, but something that could be a definate asset for the Canadian Forces light mounted recce units conducting complex / cold weather ops.

Coupled with current recce platforms these quads could fan out and provide mobility for recce troops tasked with getting eyes on target.

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Northern Ontario Canadian Rangers Tested in SAR Exercise

Canadian Rangers from across northern Ontario have completed an advanced five-day search and rescue training exercise in the bush north of Thunder Bay. The main part of the exercise was for a “missing” man and his two children.

“It was very realistic,” said Ranger Rita Brisket of Lac Seul. “I feel more confident about being able to respond to a real life emergency in my own community after doing this exercise. As soon as we got off the bus we were put straight into the search. The first day I walked 17 kilometres looking for signs for the missing family.”

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Canadian Ranger Recruiting Video: More than just the eyes and ears of the CF in the North

Another AMAZING video put up by 2 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group!

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Canadian Rangers roll out in Watson Lake

The Canadian Rangers during an exercise at Fish Lake in Whitehorse in March 2006. The Rangers are celebrating their 65th anniversary in the Yukon by opening a Watson Lake detachment.

The chief of the Liard First Nation can now add Ranger Sergeant to his list of credentials.

On the eve of its 65th anniversary, the First Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, which began in Dawson City in 1947, is expanding its forces with a detachment in Watson Lake.

In September, Sgt. and Chief Liard McMillan, along with Liard First Nation Councillor and now Master Cpl. Jim Wolftail, went for training in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. to become the first rangers ready for service for the new detachment.

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Video of the Day: CF Small Arms Competition 2012

The 2nd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group (2 CRPG) shooting team has again distinguished itself by being the best overall shooting team amongst the other Canadian Ranger Patrol Groups during the annual Canadian Forces Small Arms Competition 2012.

The competition was conducted at the Connaught Range (outskirt of Ottawa Ouest, Ontario) from 17 to 22 September 2012.

The competition gathered the top Canadian Forces shooters (Regular Force, Reserve Force and Canadian Rangers) but also top shooters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, members of military forces from NATO and the American, British and Australian Armies joint program.

Congratulations to the Rangers of 2 CRPG and everyone that participated.

Canadian Rangers in the News – 05 Oct 12

Eyes of the North
Northern News Services
Rogers has been a Canadian Ranger for nine years, and stayed behind on this exercise to work the radio and stay in contact with the group. “We’re the eyes of the North,” he said. “The first day you set up camp, the second day is GPS and map training …

Ranger shooters win top honours at Ontario championships
Wawatay News-2012-09-06
Canadian Ranger marksmen from across northern Ontario won top honours at the Ontario Rifle Association provincial championships at …

Northern Canadian Rangers celebrate milestone … – HQYellowknife
They’re celebrating 65 years of working in the North by participating in a joint exercise patrol on the Yukon River as part of Canadian Ranger National Authority …
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Second Ranger unit for the peninsula – Community – The Southern …
Military personnel from the 5th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (5 CRPG) based in Gander, Bellevue MHA Calvin Peach and members of the public were in the …

Canada’s North gets the royal treatment
TheChronicleHerald.ca – ‎Sep 23, 2012‎
The Canadian Rangers are a branch of the Canadian Forces most Canadians have likely never heard of. They are volunteers — Inuit, First Nations, Métis and non-aboriginals — who patrol the vast frozen lands of the north, upholding Canada’s arctic …

Kielburgers: Royal appreciation for North’s unsung heroes

Calgary Herald – ‎Sep 24, 2012‎

It’s a vista that one Canadian in a thousand might ever witness, yet we were out on the tundra with a Canadian Ranger and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Last week, we had a once in-a-lifetime opportunity to accompany Prince Edward and his wife Sophie …

Hiker found by Rangers
Queen Charlotte Islands Observer
A young adventurer was picked up by Canadian Rangers in Armentieres Channel this Sunday, after spending nine days in the bush. Simon Tourigny, 21, originally from southwest England, has been travelling with his backpack and his dog Paddy for two …

Junior Rangers engage in training session
Harbour Breton Coaster
The twelve members of the Canadian Junior Rangers in Gaultois were actively involved in learning some important survival skills on September 22 and 23 as they were engaged in an interactive Wilderness Remote First Aid session. Sgt. Earl Lawrence, a …

WATCHERS OF THE NORTH: Canadian Rangers to be Featured in Upcoming Six-part APTN Miniseries

Watchers of the North is an upcoming six-part APTN miniseries chronicling the daily lives of the Canadian Rangers, one of the most intriguing military regiments in the Canadian Forces.

Formed in the closing stages of WWII and expanding during the Cold War, the Canadian Rangers are made up of local Aboriginal and Inuit men and women who patrol Canada’s far north, watching for suspicious activity and reinforcing Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.

Watchers of the North focuses on two communities in Nunavut with strong Rangers traditions: Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak . Each episode’s action-oriented stories portray the professional and personal challenges of being an aboriginal Canadian Ranger in a remote, strategically placed town in the Canadian North. We’ll follow the Rangers from their training regiments to their patrols,  watch as they check on Canada’s northern radar arrays and deal with polar bears that approach their communities, and chronicle the Rangers’ part in Operation Nunalivut, one of the Canadian Forces’ largest Northern exercises.

Check out the miniseries blog: Watchers of the North