Mother of Peacekeeper Killed in Bosnia Is This Year’s Silver Cross Mother

Gloria Hooper, of St. Claude, Man., seen in an undated handout photo, is the national Silver Cross Mother for 2023. The Canadian Press/HO-Royal Canadian Legion

Chris Holopina called his mom in Manitoba every single week while he was deployed in Bosnia in 1996.

At 22, he was doing exactly what he'd always wanted to do: serving in the Canadian Armed Forces as a combat engineer.