For Danette Lees, this Remembrance Day looks different.

The Grade 7 student is among dozens of Humboldt Public School students who laid poppies along the headstones of fallen Canadian Armed Forces members at a Second World War cemetery in Humboldt, Sask., last week ahead of Remembrance Day.

But for Lees, the event was more than just honouring those who lost their lives in war; it is also a way to commemorate two of her relatives, who she says are buried among the more than three dozen servicemen and women at the gravesite, marked by white headstones engraved with their names and service ranks.

“I feel like this would make them very proud of themselves,” Lees said, referencing her great-grandfather and his brother buried at the site. “I’m very honoured to be here with my class and ever

See Full Page