This year’s Silver Cross Mother lost her son to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan | Unpublished
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Author: Matthew Scace
Publication Date: November 1, 2025 - 06:00

This year’s Silver Cross Mother lost her son to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan

November 1, 2025

Nancy Payne was asleep at her home near Gananoque, Ont., when the phone rang. It was about 3:30 a.m. on April 22, 2006, and her son had been in Afghanistan for months.

Corporal Randy Payne’s commanding officer was on the line. Ms. Payne knew he wouldn’t have good news.



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