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Communities Across Canada Mark Remembrance Day With Packed Ceremonies

Strong turnouts, youth involvement, localized tributes showed communities sustaining remembrance.

Overview

  • Services in cities and small towns featured parades, the Last Post, a two‑minute silence and wreath‑laying at cenotaphs, with photos documenting large crowds from Sudbury to Windsor.
  • Lawrencetown, N.S., drew more than 400 people and nearly 100 wreaths as organizers highlighted home‑front service by wartime Farmerettes alongside traditional military honours.
  • In Freeport, Digby County, 102‑year‑old Second World War veteran Lance Corporal Raymond Robicheau was guest of honour at a school‑hosted ceremony that showcased student artwork and readings by his great‑grandsons.
  • Steady rain in North Sydney shifted wreath‑laying from the cenotaph to the Firefighters Club after a church service, where more than three dozen wreaths were placed and a Silver Cross Mother participated.
  • Medicine Hat’s program moved from a full house at the Esplanade to the cenotaph with dignitaries and public poppy‑laying, and the city introduced a veterans crosswalk between city hall and Riverside Veterans Memorial Park at a veteran’s request.