In May 2016, those artifacts disappeared when the Fort McMurray wildfire burned her mobile home in the Draper community and her brother's home in Waterways. Mary Sykes-Cardinal holds the Silver Cross Mother plaque presented to her by the Fort McMurray Royal Canadian Legion. (David Thurton/CBC)The Fort McMurray Royal Canadian Legion got word that the Silver Cross Mother plaque she accepted in 2012 on behalf of her family had been lost in the fire. Sykes-Cardinal said her family is working to get the rest of her father's military medals replaced. Follow David Thurton, CBC's Fort McMurray correspondent, on Facebook, Twitter or contact him via email.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2017 14:01 UTC