Canadians from coast-to-coast will pause on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to the veterans who have fought for their country.
Services are planned across the nation but the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa is undoubtedly the most-watched of all of the ceremonies.
The event begins with a veterans’ march at 10:30 a.m. to the National War Memorial. The ceremony starts at approximately 10:45 a.m. EST with the arrival of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and the Silver Cross Mother, a woman whose child has died while serving in the military.
This year’s Silver Cross Mother is Nancy Payne, whose 32-year-old son Corp. Randy Payne was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan in April 2006….