A number of hundred folks gathered outdoors the Ontario legislature in Toronto to honour veterans and bear in mind those that died combating for his or her nation.
Richard Rohmer, Canada’s oldest and most embellished normal, says younger Canadians have to study in regards to the navy as a primary step in increase the nation’s forces for rising threats.
He says extra ought to be completed in Canada’s Excessive Arctic to defend the realm towards Russia.
Rohmer, a former reconnaissance-fighter pilot, performed a crucial function in serving to finish the Second World Battle by taking out a key bridge in Holland that compelled the Germans again.
The Remembrance Day ceremony came about by the Ontario Veterans’ Memorial that Rohmer helped set up.
The occasion included a 21-gun salute, wreath laying and speeches from Premier Doug Ford and Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 11, 2024.
