OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Close to thirty-five thousand people gathered at Canada’s National War Memorial for the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa this year.

Royal Canadian Legion president Berkley Lawrence, 70, said the day gives people a "chance to remember what happened, how we get our freedom today." It was the first Remembrance Day in St. John's ...

Royal Canadian Legion BC/Yukon Command President Craig Thomson joins Global News Morning on Remembrance Day to discuss the importance of honouring both those who have lost their lives serving our ...

The symbol was first used by a Canadian doctor ... be found in most places closer to Remembrance Day. All money spent on poppies goes to The Royal British Legion. This article was amended on ...

Meanwhile, the Royal Canadian Legion said the school should not mix the important and solemn meaning of Remembrance Day with other causes or events. “Remembrance Day is about showing gratitude ...

Events and services take place around Armistice Day ... Canadian and British legions to ask for the poppy to be acknowledged ...

CANTON − American Legion Post 44 will hold a program from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 7, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, with guest speakers to remember and honor the 3,403 Americans who were ...

As the last of the Second World War veterans die out, New Hamburg and area residents were reminded of the importance of Remembrance in keeping alive the stories and sacrifices of those who fought ...

It's not often that a provincial highway runs straight through the middle of a Remembrance Day ceremony. But that's the case in Port Hawkesbury, where Reeves Street separates the town's cenotaph from ...

The Royal Canadian Legion event began with the Veteran's Parade ... in what is a touching and striking sight each November 11. This Remembrance Day evening, thousands of animated Poppies representing ...