By Clark Stork

Melfort remembers

Nov 11, 2017 | 2:22 PM

The gymnasium at Melfort & Unit Comprehensive Collegiate was the site of Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony as locals joined Canadians across the country.

Several hundred spectators attended to pay respect to the thousands of men and women who have lost thier lives serving the nation for the freedoms we have today.

The agenda included marching, singing and the annual laying of wreaths. The names of local soldiers killed in battle were also read aloud during the service.

In 2017, special attention is being shed on many iconic battles Canadians engaged in during the First and Second World Wars. 

This year marks 75 years since the Dieppe Raid in the Second World War. The country is also remembering the lives lost 100 years ago during the Battle of Passchendaele, which ended Nov. 10, 1917. Over 4,000 Canadians were killed and 12,000 wounded in the fight.

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Earlier this year, the country marked one century since the Battle of Vimy Ridge. It was April 9, 1917 — Easter Monday at the time — when all four Canadian divisions fought side-by-side for the first time and paraded into a hail of snow, sleet, bullets and bombs to capture the ridge. The four-day battle resulted in over 10,000 Canadians injured or killed.

clark.stork@jpbg.ca

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