A local woman is offering a $100 reward in the hope that a family heirloom she lost in Squamish would be reunited with her.
Sydney Badger lost the family heirloom, a silver canoe necklace on a silver chain, last month.
It was given to her by her aunt, Lawrie Badger, who received the necklace as a gift from her grandmother’s sister, Lawrie Lindell.
“Losing the necklace just keeps me up at night. It is like losing a best friend,” Sydney says.
Sydney lost the necklace around February 5, when she went for swimming at the Brennan Park Recreation Centre. She remembers putting the necklace in the pocket of her jacket, but forgot to take it out after the swim.
In the weeks following that, she has worn that jacket around Dentville, downtown, and Garibaldi Village. She thinks the necklace fell out of her jacket’s pocket.
Her aunt, Lawrie Badger, gave the necklace to Sydney when the latter was leaving Canada to go study in Europe.
Both women attended summer camps in Ontario and went on several canoe trips together, an activity they loved and bonded over.
It was on one such trip that Lawrie gave the necklace to Sydney.
“I have worn that necklace pretty much non-stop since the time my aunt gave it to me,” Sydney says.
Sydney is praying that someone will find the necklace.
“I’m really hoping someone will find the necklace, and my aunts are rooting for that as well,” Sydney says.
Sydney works at the Samurai Sushi restaurant and if you find the necklace, please call or text her at 604 366 7932.