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Article content The people of Sheenboro, Que., and Pembroke, Ont., were excited last week by the news that Timmins city council had voted to honour a commitment made 103 years ago, to recognize Miss Laura Keon, originally from their town. Who was Laura Keon, and why was she being honoured? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Recognition of heroine nurse long overdue Back to video Locally, the current story began in 1999 when Norah Lake, a volunteer at the Timmins Museum, found references in the Porcupine Advance newspaper of a Timmins nurse named Laura Keon who died while serving valiantly to care for victims of the Spanish Flu pandemic. She was held in such high esteem that after her death, Timmins town council passed a motion on Dec. 4, 1918, “that the treasurer be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $300 (worth $5,305 in 2021) sufficient to erect a memorial to the late Miss Keon.”

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