Poppies

Remembrance Day Ceremonies to take place at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park

Nov 10, 2021 | 2:58pm

After a small private ceremony last year, the Royal Canadian Legion will once again extend an invitation to the public to attend it’s Remembrance Day ceremonies. The ceremony will begin at 10:40 at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park. Everyone who is planning to attend the service is asked to arrive no later than 10:30. Parade […]

Legion says poppy boxes stolen during Remembrance Day ceremonies

Nov 13, 2019 | 10:15am

A number of poppy boxes were stolen again this year in Regina. Ron Hitchcock with the Regina Royal Canadian Legion says during a few of the Remembrance Day ceremonies in the Queen City, about 10 boxes were stolen. “That could be a significant amount of money which is going directly to the care and welfare […]

Online backlash against Don Cherry for comments on immigrants and Remembrance Day

Nov 10, 2019 | 8:54am

Don Cherry is in the limelight yet again, this time for complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. The 85-year-old Cherry said on Saturday on his weekly Coach’s Corner segment as part of Hockey Night in Canada that he’s less frequently seeing people wearing […]