Eight bronze plaques honoring local war dead were unveiled in Memorial Gardens, believed to be Canada’s first of their kind.

Pte. J.F. Major of Sault Ste. Marie was wounded in 1916 during World War I, after surviving the Battle of Langemarck and working at the Algoma Central Railway. Eight bronze plaques honoring local men who died in both World Wars were unveiled in Memorial Gardens, believed to be the first of their kind in Canada. Other local news includes preparations for the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy campaign, a choir’s upcoming performance at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto, a cross-country skier’s participation in the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Anchorage, and a pageant winner advancing to Miss Teen Canada. Recruitment for the 119th Battalion continued with new enlistments reported in the Goulais River area.