Tag Archives: Remembrance Day

Putting a poppy on your lapel on Remembrance Day may spur different memories for different people. For veterans, the day may be a reminder of friends lost. For Regina's mayor, pinning on a poppy remin...

Students at Whitecap Dakota Elementary School celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Remembrance Day ceremony Monday by commemorating some lesser-known veterans. Taped to the gym's walls are th...

Harold Hague is one of the last surviving veterans of D-Day in Regina, and each year on Remembrance Day he thinks of his friends. "I am a very lucky person, I appreciate being here, I really do becaus...

When you talk to Robert Mason on the phone, you have to turn the microphone volume to 11. The 97-year-old's hearing may have dulled, but his memory is as sharp as a fresh blade, an...

Saskatoon Muslims gathered Friday to honour and remember the nation's veterans. The Ahmadiyya Jama'at Canada community celebrated its 5th annual nation Muslims for Remembrance Day campaign. From separ...

Call it luck or being in the right place at the right time, but a Saskatchewan veteran admits he had to be crafty to land a posting in the Canadian army to fight in the Second World War. "I tried the ...

While kids and parents prep for a big candy score on Halloween, a pair of veterans from the Third Canadian Army Veteran's (CAV) Motorcycle unit in Saskatoon were spreading a little red amongst all the...

There may be almost two weeks until Remembrance Day, but Friday is, traditionally, the day to pin on a poppy. Cherilyn Cooke is the provincial director of Saskatchewan command for the Royal Canadian L...

A group of ladies bustles around a small basement office in the Nutana Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, surrounded by boxes of poppies and wreaths. It's called the Poppy Room-but it sounds more li...