Cam Tait

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Edmonton Sun
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When the bugle plays the Last Post and that lonely, beautiful horn cuts through the autumn chill, take a look around the crowd.

Look at the veteran with a tear running down a weathered cheek, catching quietly on the edge of that beret. That silence isn’t just a two-minute break in our busy schedules. It’s an embrace. It’s a handshake across generations.

Wainwright sits 200 km southeast down Highway 14, but during this cold autumn stretch, those miles vanish completely. That deep ache traveled right down the prairie highway and landed straight on our doorstep in Edmonton.

We mourn four fallen members of our armed forces and remember the quiet dignity they brought to their service — young men and women who stepped up when asked and traded their future for ours. It is a heavy, quiet kind of pain that stays with you all week long.

When that lonely horn sounds the Last Post, we are not just thinking about history books. We are holding tight to our very own.

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