Major W. Winston Mair
West Nova Scotia Regiment

Every Canadian must find his or her own answer to this problem of modern life. But we do have a responsibility to ensure that the answer does not lie behind a closed door—closed because we failed to think and act courageously and well … We also know that our outdoor heritage could slip away from us, while we ponder our choice of action in the name of progress.

(Winston Mair, North Bay Nugget, 10 Apr 1964, 3)

Born on 26 July 1914 in Battleford, Saskatchewan, William Winston Mair was an environmentalist and civil servant following service in the Second World War. Commissioned in August 1940, he joined the Saskatoon Light Infantry overseas and participated in the Spitzbergen Raid in Norway a year later. He served with the unit at the rank of major in the Italian theatre.

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