A Toronto lawyer is hoping to find a way to preserve war memorials at two Hudson’s Bay stores.
E. Patrick Shea, who also sits on the senate of the 48th Highlanders of Canada and is the RCAF Foundation’s secretary, said he wants the displays commemorating Bay and Simpsons workers who died in the Second World War to be saved.
The display at the Hudson’s Bay store in downtown Toronto consists of a list of staff at Simpsons, a defunct department store the Bay bought in 1978, that made the “supreme sacrifice.” The arrangement tucked away near a bank of elevators is flanked by two Canadian flags and a wreath of poppies with a purple banner reading, “lest we forget.”
And at the downtown Calgary location, closing by June 15, is a bronze plaque bearing the names of dozens of Hudson’s Bay employees who died in the war.
“Most people just …