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How the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came to mean so much to Canadians and Remembrance Day
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For Afghan interpreters in Canada, reunited with soldiers they helped, new lives and new comradeship await
Serving CAF corporal Justin Bronzan, black shirt, hugs his former Afghan interpreter "Omar" in his home in Frankford, Ont. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Bronzan fought to get Omar and his family into Canada, where they all now live with Bronzan, with their daughters attending school together. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)
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Flags fly at full-mast on federal buildings once again — but not for long
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The Remembrance Day poppy is 100 years old in Canada. Our attitudes to war and peace must keep evolving with it
Tim Cook
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Military’s aid in COVID-19 fight noted as pandemic restricts Remembrance Day events
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau take part in the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Sombre, scaled-down First World War ceremonies held across Europe amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Tyne Cot cemetery is seen from the Cross of Sacrifice, in Zonnebeke, Belgium, on Nov. 11, 2020.
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On the front line: Remembering the contributions of Indigenous veterans
The serving member in the photo marked D-Day Eagle Staff is Sergeant Ghislain Cotton, CD, and the photo was taken in Normany, France in June 2019 at the 75th Anniversary of D-Day.
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At least three people wounded in explosion at First World War ceremony in Saudi Arabia
The outside of a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah.
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Canadians helped watch the seas and the skies
Joan Fuller
opinion
Even during the pandemic, Ypres residents find ways to commemorate Canada’s war dead
Nathan Greenfield
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Six veterans on the lives lost, battles won and the struggles ahead
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A Dutch family hid me from the Nazis: I owe them my life
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Nestruck on Theatre: Remembrance Day theatre and music to honour the war dead in person or online
Kelly Nestruck
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Fewer people plan to attend virtual or in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies, poll suggests
A display of poppies are projected on the Peace Tower, in Ottawa, on Nov. 9, 2020.
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Remembrance Day is more tangible now that I can mourn Uncle Leslie
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Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
People lay poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial after Remembrance Day ceremonies, in Ottawa, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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My grandfather’s wartime death changed our family for generations
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opinion
For the children of military families, Remembrance Day can be painful
Ellen Clark
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Whole Foods to reverse policy that forbids staff from wearing poppies
In this Aug. 28, 2017, file photo, a sign at a Whole Foods Market greets shoppers in Tampa, Fla.
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‘It means so much’: Families thankful for painted poppy rocks on Remembrance Day
Julie Mungall places a painted rock at the Brookside veterans cemetery, in Winnipeg, on Oct. 24, 2020.
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Debbie Sullivan named Silver Cross Mother, remembers her son lost aboard HMCS Chicoutimi
Debbie Sullivan is named Silver Cross Mother 2020.
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Legion to sell masks, have electronic payment options as poppy campaign adapts to COVID-19 pandemic
The Royal Canadian Legion will sell non-medical masks during this year’s poppy campaign.
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The far-reaching impact of Canada’s role during the Second World War
Gas Drill, by Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobak, the country’s only female official war artist during the Second World War, depicts women engaging in a gas mask drill.
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The Silent Generation: How society dealt with the aftermath of the Second World War
War artist Alex Colville depicts exhausted Canadian soldiers in Infantry, near Nijmegen, Holland.
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World leaders solemnly mark 100th anniversary of end of First World War
French President Emmanuel Macron leads the tributes in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
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Portraits of sacrifice: Young Canadians on the brutal front lines of war
The five Tyo brothers from Cornwall. Standing, from left, Arthur, Joseph and James. Seated: Edward (the only one to return home from the war), their father, Stephen and William.