Remembrance Day

The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost

The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost

Nov 10, 2024 | 5:53pm
The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans’ fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world. Since the Oct. 25 launch of its Amazon.ca storefront, the legion says it has received nearly 10,000 orders for poppies. Online shoppers can order lapel poppies […]
Support Branch 001 Regina RCL

Support Branch 001 Regina RCL

Oct 17, 2024 | 11:14am
The Royal Canadian Legion, Regina Branch 001 needs your help. As November looms, we start to think about the Royal Canadian Legion branches and how important they are to the community. Note how many branches are closing their buildings due to the lack of members. While the days of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents […]
Estevan residents travel to attend D-Day ceremony in France

Estevan residents travel to attend D-Day ceremony in France

Jun 11, 2024 | 7:19am
Estevan was well represented during the ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing on June 6. Jim Spenst was among the Canadian Second World War veterans to be selected for a delegation with Veterans’ Affairs. Local military historian Craig Bird – who founded the South East Military Museum – and his wife […]
Regina, Canadians gather for Remembrance Day

Regina, Canadians gather for Remembrance Day

Nov 12, 2023 | 11:11am
Canadians gathered with heads bowed for sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country on Saturday at a time when wars rage in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, and peace seems far off for many. That included here in Regina, where a pair of ceremonies were held. An indoor ceremony at the Brandt Centre and one […]
Mental health app for Canadian veterans named after Saskatchewan mass stabbing victim

Mental health app for Canadian veterans named after Saskatchewan mass stabbing victim

Nov 11, 2023 | 11:35am
Earl Burns was a veteran of the Canadian military who tried to protect his family and Saskatchewan community of James Smith Cree Nation until his very last breath. A non-profit app in the works has been named in his honour. The Burns Way chat app would allow veterans to instantly connect with trained military peer […]
Regina-born author tells her parent’s story about meeting during war

Regina-born author tells her parent’s story about meeting during war

Nov 11, 2023 | 6:53am
Le Touquet is a small seaside town in northern France, but 79 years ago, it was the scene to something you could only imagine in a book. Dorothy Borutti vowed she would embrace the first liberation that came to free her and her hometime of Le Tourquet from German occupiers during World War II. Borutti […]
Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies

Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies

Nov 7, 2023 | 8:52am
Indigenous Peoples have been part of Canada’s military history dating back to the War of 1812, when it’s estimated more than 10,000 First Nations people fought. More than 7,000 Indigenous people later served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Many continue to serve today. Wednesday is National Aboriginal Veterans Day, […]

Canadians honour country’s war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies

Nov 11, 2022 | 11:15am

Canadians are paying respects to the country’s war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country Friday. Thousands of people wearing poppies stood in silence as cannons boomed and military aircraft flew past the National War Memorial in Ottawa when the clock on the Peace Tower struck 11 a.m. Navy Capt. Bonita Mason said […]

Here’s what’s happening in Regina for Remembrance Day

Nov 11, 2022 | 7:47am

To honour the brave men and women who have fought and died in wars across the world, Regina is hosting its Remembrance Day ceremonies this morning. The Regina Royal Canadian Legion is holding a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Brandt Centre. The doors will open to the public at 9 a.m. and will hold as […]

Here’s the Remembrance Day hours for city operations

Nov 10, 2022 | 3:38pm

As the city pays tribute to the men and women who’ve laid down their lives and continue to fight in war, the city of Regina has provided a list of available operations in the city on November 11. On Remembrance Day: Civic Offices are closed. The landfill is open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. […]

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