Tag Archives: Remembrance Day

On Remembrance Day, it's worth noting that Canadian junior hockey players have long chased trophies honouring Canada's soldiers. The Memorial Cup goes to the country's major junior hockey champions. T...

On Nov. 11th we remember and honour those who fought or are fighting for our freedoms and our country. But there are so many opportunities we should be taking all year long. The Regina Pats, who are n...

From Passchendaele to Vimy Ridge, the fields of Korea to the sands of Kandahar, Canadians have played a role. Although their sacrifice should be remembered throughout the year, the stories of Canadian...

The Last Post rang out and all eyes turned to the Afghanistan Poppy Memorial, lit by the rays of the sun shining through the copper dome. Created from the wreck of a burned out armoured vehicle near t...

As the future of legions across Canada remains uncertain, one branch in Saskatoon is adapting for survival. Nutana Legion, tucked away on Louise Street, shares the familiar architecture of a veterans'...

The Edmonton Eskimos are often a pretentious organization, emboldened enough that they initially balked at wearing in-game microphones as mandated by the CFL. But on Friday they're doing something sin...

A Regina nightclub faced backlash online after posting an ad promoting "2 for 1" tequila Thursday night - the night before Remembrance Day. Gabbo's ad, which featured a background of poppies, said, "L...

Saskatchewan's Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield has received the first poppy of 2016. In a symbolic gesture every year, the first poppy is pinned to the lapel of the person holding th...

Whether veterans themselves, family members of veterans or just those who wanted to show respect to our men and women in uniform, people in Regina showed up by the hundreds to the cenotaph in Victoria...

With the trumpet player's final notes of the last post trumpet, a solemn, two-minute silence fell over a crowd at the 84th Saskatoon Remembrance Day service at SaskTel Centre....