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Thousands gather in Saskatoon for Canada's largest Remembrance Day service
Saskatoon hosted the country's largest indoor Remembrance Day service on Monday. John Davidson, the former president of Saskatoon Legion Branch #63, said they expected around 9,000 people to attend th...
Nov 11, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry’s anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized after hockey commentator Don Cherry complained on national television that he rarely sees people he believes are immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day....
Nov 10, 2019
Remembering Canada's Second World War bomb girls
During this time of year Canadians across the country show their respect for all the war veterans who traveled overseas to fight for this country. However, some of the people who supported the Canadia...
Nov 09, 2019 Women working in the munitions factory of Defense Industries Ltd. during the Second World War. (Legion Magazine)
Saskatoon Legion hopes to find rightful owner of war memorabilia
Ahead of Remembrance Day, Legion Branch #63 is hoping to locate the rightful owner of a collection of war memorabilia. The frame includes five service medals, photos, poppies and other pieces that bel...
Nov 08, 2019 Clark family memorabilia
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War bride living in Moose Jaw recalls meeting husband of 67 years
Love is a funny thing, says Margaret Houghton. The war bride recalls that's what compelled her to leave her family in England to be with Arthur Houghton, a Canadian soldier she had met during the Seco...
Nov 08, 2019 (Margaret Houghton/Facebook)
Sask. remembrance service marks 80 years since start of Second World War
A service of remembrance was held at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday, with this year marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. Premier Scott Moe acknowl...
Nov 06, 2019
Afghanistan War vet urges a rethink on PTSD
As Canadians prepare to remember veterans who have served and died overseas and at home, a veteran of the Afghanistan War is working to change the narrative and public perception of post-traumatic str...
Nov 06, 2019
Local restaurant hosts annual dinner for Korean war veterans
Every year in November, the Seoul Korean restaurant on 20th street hosts a dinner for veterans of the Korean War. The restaurant's general manager Kyeong Hun Kim said the tradition was started in 2012...
Nov 04, 2019 (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Appreciation tea kicks off Veterans' Week in Saskatoon
A veteran's appreciation tea was held Sunday at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 362 in Saskatoon. "We do it once a year on veterans week," said Diane Robson, chair of the Saskatoon poppy campaign. "I...
Nov 04, 2019 Jim McKinny (left) and Jim Dockstader (right) enjoy their time visiting with one another at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 362's veterans appreciation tea, wearing their poppies, on Sunday, November 3, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/ 650 CKOM)
Lieutenant-governor receives first poppy to kick off annual campaign
It’s time for people to once again pin an iconic red flower on their lapels. Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty and his wife, Donna, received the first two poppies of the year Friday morning at ...
Oct 25, 2019
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