The City of Dawson Creek, B.C., is beginning the process of revitalizing its decades-old cenotaph, a project residents say will build a more accessible and more representative space that honours the full story of local veterans in the South Peace region.

A volunteer committee has spent the past year and a half bringing together legion and cadet members with city councillors to reimagine the aging monument, built in 1959 in memory of veterans from the First and Second World Wars.

Their vision is to expand the site into a fully accessible plaza where residents can gather to reflect not just on Remembrance Day, but every day of the year.

“If you want larger numbers to come and remember, which is the whole purpose, then having the space to do it is necessary,” says Nathan Bauder, a local

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