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.... Eight people who lost their lives serving the province and country are being honoured by the provincial government.
The new names are:
* Anderson Lake, Cpl. Jordan Anderson, Iqaluit, Nunavut. Anderson served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry before being killed in Afghanistan in 2007. He attended school and enlisted for the armed forces in Saskatchewan.
* Goddard Lake, Capt. Nichola Goddard, Papua New Guinea. Goddard was serving with Princess Patrica’s Canadian Light Infantry as a forward observation officer when she was killed during a 2006 firefight in Afghanistan. She spent parts of her youth in Saskatchewan and was the first Canadian female killed in combat during the Afghanistan mission.
* Greff Lake, M/Cpl. Byron Greff, Swift Current. Greff served with the Patricias. He was in an armoured bus when it was rammed by a car full of explosives in 2011. He had been part of the mission to train the Afghan National Army.
* Lang Bay, Michelle Lang, Vancouver. Lang was a journalist who worked in Moose Jaw and at the Leader-Post. Lang was embedded with the Canadian military in Afghanistan when she was killed by a roadside bomb in 2009.
* Blair Lake, Pvt. Alfred Blair, Chaplin. Blair was part of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He parachuted into France during the Second World War before being killed.
* Willows Lake, Cpl. Willmit Willows, Maple Creek. Willows served with the Calgary Highlanders during the Second World War and was wounded by bombing during a push to win back an area of France. He died shortly after.
* Pineo Point, Const. Derek Pineo, Halifax. Pineo was an RCMP officer serving in Saskatchewan when he died in a car accident. He was an active member of the Nipawin and Wilke communities while he was stationed with the RCMP.
* MacKenzie Lake, Capt. Juli-Ann MacKenzie, Weyburn. MacKenzie was a member of the air force when a helicopter she was in crashed. MacKenzie was a passenger in the aircraft as it made its way through severe weather during a 2002 search and rescue mission in Labrador.
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