Military personnel, civilians and diplomats leave their poppies on wreaths at the base of the cenotaph following the Remembrance Day ceremony on Grande Allée. Remembrance Day honours those who served their country Photos by Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com…
Valcartier Elementary School principal Shelley Longney addresses students and community members gathered for the school’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11. (Photo courtesy of Jayne Doddridge) Valcartier Elementary School celebrates Remembrance Day Submitted by Jayne Doddridge, community development agent Valcartier Elementary School On Nov. 11, Valcartier Elementary School held its annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the…
It was Military Appreciation Night at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Nov. 5 as the Montreal Canadiens played their last home game before Remembrance Day. The Canadiens welcomed the Command Team of the 2nd Canadian Division and Joint Task Force (East) of the Canadian Army in Montreal. Brig.-Gen. Patrick Lemyre (second from right) was accompanied by Chief Warrant Officer Patrice Chartrand (second from left), and special guest Jean-René Décary (centre), a 91-year-old veteran of the Korean War. Décary enrolled on April 13, 1951, and was deployed on Oct. 3; he fought for 14 months. He later served nine years as a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment. Décary is a member of Branch 265 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Quebec City. Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund (far left) and Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki (far right) took the ceremonial faceoff. (LL) (Photo by Vitor Munhoz/NHLI via Getty Images, courtesy of the Montreal Canadiens) EYE ON SPORTS Habs honour military at last game before Remembrance Day…
GardaWorld has been donating $1,000 annually to the Poppy Campaign for many years. This tradition was initiated by Patrice Carrier, the former Quebec director for GardaWorld. It continues thanks to the collaboration of François Houde (left), the current regional director for Eastern Quebec, and Pierre Pépin (right), director of operations, who welcomed Richard Roger (centre), director of the Legion’s Poppy Committee to GardaWorld’s Quebec City headquarters on Oct. 28. (Photo by Alcide Maillet courtesy of Branch 265) LEGION REPORT: Poppy Campaign enters final stretch Submitted by Jean Gervais, Branch 265 The traditional Poppy Campaign, which enables Legion Branch 265 to raise close to $100,000 each year, is…
After the national anthem and the reading of the poem “In Flanders Fields,” a trumpeter played the “Last Post” and “Reveille” followed by two minutes of silence. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign begins Oct. 25 Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Over the next two weeks, poppy boxes will begin popping up in shopping malls, box…