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Two years ago when Heather Campbell was sort-
ing through a box of books, she came across a
Bible from her grandmother. Tucked inside was
an envelope carrying a yellowing letter and a
poppy from Flanders Fields sent during the First
World War.
“When I discovered that poppy in the Bible it
was like – I don’t know if this is going to sound
silly – it was almost like a tap on the shoulder, a
quiet yet powerful whisper from the past,” Ms.
Campbell said.
That poppy was among the many flowers
that her great-grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel
George Stephen Cantlie, sent home with letters
to his family. Mr. Cantlie served as the first com-
mander of the 42nd Battalion of the Royal High-
landers of Canada. The flowers are now part of a
touring exhibit called War Flowers that is on dis-
play at the Château Ramezay Historic Site and
Museum of Montreal until early January. It will
then move to Edmonton.
“This exhibit tells stories in a way that bal-
ances hope and love with reality, reaching
across continents,” said Ms. Campbell.
Mr. Cantlie enlisted when he was 48 years old
in 1915. He fought in battles in Belgium and
France. He sent his wife and one of his five chil-
dren pressed flowers from the battlefield with
his letters. In a recording shared by Ms. Camp-
bell, her late aunt Elspeth Angus, who was Mr.
Cantlie’s granddaughter, describes how he
came about his daily ritual.
“Every night, without fail while he was over
there, he wrote two letters. During the day ... he
would pick a flower no matter what it was,
whether it was a dandelion or a rose, a forget-
me-not or a daisy, and put it between two pieces
of paper that he had brought over with him and
press it in a book to dry out so he could use it.”
Ms. Campbell said her aunt recognized the
historical significance of the letters she inherit-
ed and put the exhibition into motion.
Viveka Melki, the curator of War Flowers, said
she was touched by the simplicity of the letters.
“This man sends these letters even in the dar-
kest of times. He sends them to his daughter as a
symbol of beauty amongst darkness,” she said.THE CANADIAN PRESSPressedflowers,pickedbyCanadianLieutenant-ColonelGeorgeStephenCantlieduringthe
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inMontreallatelastmonth.RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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HINAALAM
The British Columbia Civil
Liberties Association says it’s
preparing for a possible high
court legal confrontation with
the federalgovernment over sol-
itary confinement for inmates in
Canada.
The civil liberties association
and the John Howard Society say
they have served notice to be
included in a potential Supreme
Court of Canada appeal of a re-
cent B.C. court ruling ordering an
end to indefinite, prolonged sol-
itary confinement.
Civil liberties staff counsel
Jessica Magonet says the Attor-
ney-General of Canada has ap-
plied to the Supreme Court of
Canada to appeal last June’s B.C.
Court of Appeal ruling that laws
permitting indefinite solitary
confinement are unconstitution-
al.She says if the Supreme Court
of Canada decides to hear the ap-
peal, the rights groups have
launched a cross-appeal process
in an effort to ensure the rights
of prisoners are protected.
Ms. Magonet says Parliament
passed legislation to replace the
country’s solitary confinement
regime last June, but added that
prolonged confinement periods
remain under certain circum-
stances.
Ms. Magonet says the civil lib-
erties association is seeking to
have a hard number placed on
the number of days that an
inmate can spend in solitary
confinement, as well as recogni-
tion of equality rights for Indige-
nous, mentally ill or disabled in-
mates.
The federal government did
not immediately respond to a re-
quest for comment.THE CANADIAN PRESSCivillibertiesgrouppreparesfor
battleoversolitaryconfinement
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