News and event information for Williams Lake, BC - as it happens.

 Jan Hermiston was one of the community members at the side of the highway this morning while a military convoy passed through Williams Lake.  Approximately 65 soldiers, members of Delta Company’s 12 Platoon, travelled through Williams Lake on their way to Alexis Creek to attend a private memorial service for Lieutenant Andrew Nuttall.

Jan has a deeply personal interest in the proceedings: her son, Warrant Officer Darren Herminston, is currently serving in Kandahar. Holding one end of a large Canadian flag this morning, she said she helped flag one of the military vehicles carrying six military personnel, over to the side of the road to talk with the young soldiers. "I shook hands with one of the young soldiers, thanked him for his service and said to him, 'I don't have my boy here today to get a hug,' and he put his arms around me and said, 'I'll be your boy today.'" 

(Photos by Terry Keener)

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