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Tag Archives: Remembrance Day
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
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)
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