How do you remember Veterans in your community?
COURTNEY McCLURE, The Standard UXBRIDGE: At the Royal Canadian Uxbridge Legion, branch 170, in Uxbridge, they host a number of events to...
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Colleen Green
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
Celebrating stories of Ontarians: Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers Recipient – Major (Retired)
From his early years in rural Kenya in the 1940s and ‘50s, living in villages without plumbing or electricity, Kanwal Sethi came to know...
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Colleen Green
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Brock supports grant application to help restore historic Sunderland cenotaph
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard BROCK: The Township of Brock is supporting a grant application from...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
Ontario Helps Build Homes for Military Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
CONRAD SPEZOWKA, Communications Branch, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing The Ontario government is providing nearly $2 million...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 6 min
The History of Remembrance Day in Canada
Remembrance Day is a yearly memorial day observed in many Commonwealth countries, including Canada, to remember those who died in...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
National Silver cross Mother
The Royal Canadian Legion The Memorial Cross, more often referred to as the Silver Cross, was first authorized on December 1st, 1919. It...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
War Amputee Veterans Started 100-Year Legacy
Of the thousands of Canadian soldiers who were wounded while serving in the First and Second World Wars, many returned home missing...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Ontario Enshrining the Right to Wear Poppies in the Workplace
SHANNON WHITTEKER, Office of Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism The Ontario government is introducing legislation today; if...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
How to wear a Poppy
Royal Canadian Legion Wear a Poppy to Remember Throughout the Remembrance period, we see Poppies worn with pride in every corner of our...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Poppy Trust Funds
Royal Canadian Legion Your contributions directly support Canada’s Veterans and their families, while ensuring Canada never forgets. Use...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
100th Anniversary of the Poppy
Royal Canadian Legion Each November, Poppies bloom on the lapels and collars of millions of Canadians. The significance of the Poppy can...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
November 8th marks National Aboriginal Veterans Day
MWO SHELDON QUINN, 3rd Canadian Division Indigenous Advisor Aboriginal Canadians have been part of our proud military history for over...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Indigenous Veterans
Veterans Affairs Canada The First Nations, Métis and Inuit people of Canada have a long and proud tradition of military service to our...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Where it began
I have noticed that not every country wears poppies on Remembrance Day. It made me wonder where and how the idea originated. Remembrance...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Statement from Erin O’Toole
The Hon. Erin O’Toole, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on the Liberal...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Letter to the Editor – War Amps
Dear Editor, As we approach Remembrance Day, I’d like to pay tribute to the veteran members of The War Amps. The War Amps was started by...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Celebrating stories of Ontarians: André Levesque, Member of the Order of Ontario
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Whenever André Levesque walks by the National War Memorial in his native Ottawa, he lays...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Remembrance and Thanksgiving
The faculty we have to recall the past, to reflect on its meanings to us, to enter into the feelings this invokes, and then bathe, partly...
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Colleen Green
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Uxbridge legions says happy birthday to local veterans
COURTNEY McCLURE, for The Standard UXBRIDGE: The ‘Honour our Veterans Birthday’ Initiative, started January 2021, was organized by one of...
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Colleen Green
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
remembrance day 2020: photo album
#2020 #remembranceday #Veterans
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