Author: WRPA President

Video tutorials

We’ve put together videos on how to use the Range Facility Status sign (“opening and closing the range”) and the Multipurpose Range Gate. More tutorials to come. Now is also a good time to familiarize yourself with or brush up on the Range Rules.

Are you getting club emails?

Hello members, Are you getting the club emails?  They come out roughly once a month from WRPA Information.  If you’re not getting emails or have changed email addresses recently, please contact the club and let us know.

Range Facility Status Sign

Members: when you come to the range, note the Range Facility Status Sign along the driveway. If you are planning to shoot at the range and the sign says “Range Closed”, pull open the sign so that it says “Caution – Range in Use – Caution”. Then swing up one of the toggles at the … [Read more…]

Range Control Flags

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE FLAG SYSTEM ON THE OUTDOOR RANGES WILL CONFORM TO THE RCMP RANGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES (SECTION 1.7.1) The RED flag is to be flown when there is firing underway; the GREEN flag is to be flown when firing has ceased and the firing line is safe. The permanently affixed signs at … [Read more…]

Multipurpose range back online

We’ve got some great news to share with you.  Thanks to the tireless work of WRPA Vice-President Peter H. spearheading the project and managing a small group of volunteers, the smallbore range is set to re-open as a multi-purpose range on Monday, June 3, 2019 with expanded capacity for member use. In a nutshell, the range … [Read more…]

CAS and IDPA results up

String ‘Em Up and Open Range results are online. Check them out under Disciplines > Cowboy Action Shooting > Schedule and Results or by clicking here and here.   First IDPA results are online. Check them out under Disciplines > IDPA Shooting > IDPA Schedule and Results or by clicking here.    

Bill C-71

On March 20, 2018 – Bill C-71 An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms was introduced and received First Reading in the House of Commons, the bill can be read on the Parliament of Canada website at: http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-71/first-reading While the stated intention of the Bill is public safety, the proposals therein are focused on … [Read more…]