Over a million Canadians served in the Second World War. Very few are left from the deadliest conflict in history.

While its living memory has begun to fade 80 years later, veterans young and old are still being honoured on Remembrance Day, both through traditional poppy campaigns and works of art.

Julia Mackey and her husband Dirk Van Stralen, created the play Jake’s Gift in Wells, B.C., an artsy mining town located in the Cariboo region around 120 kilometres southeast of Prince George.

The play is meant to keep the spirit of Second World War veterans alive.

“One of the things that we’ve discovered, unintentionally, is the themes in the play are really about loss and forgiveness and friendship, and those things are universal regardless of how old you are or what generation you c

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