Her brother died in WWI and she helped smuggle his remains to Toronto. Inside a family’s obsession that led to a grave-robbing scandal

  • Posted on November 11, 2025
  • By The Toronto Star
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Her brother died in WWI and she helped smuggle his remains to Toronto. Inside a family’s obsession that led to a grave-robbing scandal

Driven by her mother’s grief, Helen Durie helped illegally exhume her WWI soldier brother from France. She’s being recognized on Remembrance Day.
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