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What’s open, closed in Saskatoon for Remembrance Day stat
To mark Remembrance Day, some city-run services are operating on holiday or Sunday schedules on Monday. City Hall is closed for the day Monday. Parking spaces operated by the city will not require pay...
Nov 12, 2018
Thousands mark 100 years since end of First World War at Sasktel Centre
Thousands of people filed into Sasktel Centre Sunday for the 87th Anniversary of Saskatoon's Remembrance Day Service. This Remembrance Day marks 100 years since the armistice that ended the First Worl...
Nov 11, 2018
Legacies of the First World War: Canadian veterans’ battle for benefits, support
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - When the armistice that ended the First World War was signed and the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, Canadians wearily celebrated what they hoped was ...
Nov 10, 2018
Remembrance Day ceremonies to honour veterans in Saskatoon
Saskatoon will mark Remembrance Day this Sunday with a number of services around the city. The largest will be held at SaskTel Centre, which hosts the biggest indoor Remembrance Day service in Canada ...
Nov 09, 2018 Remembrance Day Service at the SaskTel Centre 2017. (Celine Grimard/CKOM)
Effects of First World War felt 100 years later
Dr. Eric McGeer was so moved by visits to battlefields from the First and Second World Wars that he shifted his professional focus from Latin and history to Canada's military past. He has since publis...
Nov 09, 2018 The Canada Bereft (Mother Canada) statue overlooks the Douai Plain at the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial in France. (ValourCanada.com)
Regina veteran's First World War memoir published by family
Decades after Sampson J. Goodfellow returned to Canada from the First World War his stories are part of a new book written by his grandson-in-law. Edward Willett and his wife Margaret now live in the ...
Nov 07, 2018 'One Lucky Devil: The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow' was released on Nov. 1, 2018. (edwardwillettshop.com)
'Tommy Goes to War' keeping First World War stories alive
Vincent Murphy shows his support for veterans every year during the Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign leading up to Remembrance Day. For Murphy, a Regina-based playwright, that means performing his...
Nov 07, 2018 The stage set of 'Tommy Goes to War' at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 362 on Nov. 4, 2018 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Thousands attend Remembrance Day service at SaskTel Centre
Thousands poured into Canada's largest indoor Remembrance Day service on Saturday morning at SaskTel Centre, some wiping tears from their eyes. Veterans old and young wore their polished medals and pr...
Nov 12, 2017 World War Two Veteran Matt Labach stands with his son Zane at the Remembrance Day service at the SaskTel Centre. (Celine Grimard/CKOM)
Sask. soldiers share reflections ahead of Remembrance Day
As Remembrance Day approaches, today's soldiers are pausing to reflect on those who came before them. Cpl. Joseph Ricci works behind a desk Monday to Friday, but on the weekends he laces up his milita...
Nov 10, 2017 Cpl. Joseph Ricci has been with the Royal Regina Rifles for the past 5 years. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
Remembrance Day services in Saskatoon, Regina
People across Saskatchewan will take pause Saturday to reflect on the sacrifice and service of Canada's military men and women. A number of Remembrance Day events are scheduled in Saskatoon and Regina...
Nov 10, 2017
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