OTTAWA - When Nancy Payne lays a wreath on Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial, it won't be the first time she's represented mothers of Canadian soldiers who have died in combat.

But it will be her first on such a stage.

Payne has laid a wreath at her local Remembrance Day ceremony as a Silver Cross Mother every year since 2006, when her son was killed in Afghanistan.

While Payne typically attends her local ceremony in Lansdowne, Ont., her husband David Payne — who served 30 years in the Canadian Armed Forces infantry — attends the larger ceremony 15 minutes down the road in Gananoque.

"We spread ourselves around so we're not both at the same one, so we're out and about in the community," Nancy said.

This year, they'll be attending the ceremony together in Ottawa, as Payne wi

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