Canada's military personnel and veterans will be able visit Assiniboine Park Zoo for free during Remembrance Week. The zoo is waiving admission for military men and women from Sunday, November 8 to Saturday, November 14. “Having served as an army reserve veterinarian,...
WINNIPEG -- Thousands packed Remembrance Day services across the city on Tuesday to pay their respects to the soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the freedom Canadians enjoy today. The largest ceremony of the day was at the RBC Convention Centre, where it was...
Numerous Remembrance Day services are happening throughout Winnipeg on November 11. Here's where to pay your respects: RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue Be seated by 10:15 a.m. Service runs until noon. Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship CHIPPAWA, Manitoba’s Naval...
The public is being invited along on a tour of the Field of Honour at Winnipeg's Brookside Cemetery on Saturday. In honour of Remembrance Day next Tuesday, visitors will remember the more than 11,000 war veterans interred at the cemetery, one of Canada's largest and...
Around the city and throughout the province, a number of Remembrance Day services are occurring on November 11. Below is a list of the local ceremonies. Also have a look at what's open and closed on Monday, as well as details on Brookside Cemetery's Field of Honour...
By Sarah Klein The province is reminding Manitoba retailers that non-essential businesses are not permitted to open before 1 p.m. on November 11 to commemorate Remembrance Day. The Remembrance Day Act applies to retailers that sell or offer to sell goods and services,...
An outdoor Remembrance Day service in St. Norbert on November 11 will take place in front of a limestone cenotaph. Held on St. Therese Avenue at Norbert Cemetery, the cenotaph is engraved with the names of 13 soldiers from St. Norbert who served and died in the first...
Guided tours of Brookside Cemetery are being offered this week leading up to Remembrance Day on November 11. The public can pay their respects for veterans and military personnel from November 4-8 by reserving a spot along the tour. Find out who were the Commonwealth...
Controversy over whether members of the Royal Canadian Legion could distribute poppies inside Target stores has been rectified after some confusion. Target Canada has clarified its original policy about only allowing the annual poppy campaign to take place outside its...
The City of Winnipeg is working around the clock to plow main routes, bus routes and collector streets. After Environment Canada recorded 25 centimetres of snowfall in Winnipeg between late Saturday and into Sunday morning, the city will be working the rest of today...
By David Klassen There won't be a shortage of ways to honour Canada's war veterans today as the city takes in a handful of Remembrance Day ceremonies. The most populous will be at the Winnipeg Convention Centre beginning at 10:15 a.m. The Joint Veterans Association of...
By David Klassen The Western Canada Aviation Museum will be holding its own Remembrance Day activities on Sunday. A guided tour, titled "Pilots, POWs and Peril," will begin at 2 p.m. and is devoted to celebrating the lives and accomplishments of many revered Canadian...
