Members of the Prince Albert Police Service pay their respects after laying a wreath in front of the War Memorial outside of Prince Albert City Hall. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW staff)

By Logan Lehmann

Lest We Forget

PA residents gather at city hall for chilly Remembrance Day ceremony

Nov 11, 2022 | 2:17 PM

Nearly 300 people wearing poppies braved the cold and gathered outside of Prince Albert City Hall around the cenotaph for the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony.

The short ceremony began with the marching in of the colours and parade followed by the singing of O’ Canada. The ceremony imcluded the playing of The Last Post, God Save the King, and two minutes of silence.

Among those in attendance for the ceremony were uniformed Army veterans and current service members, Prince Albert Police and Fire services, Prince Albert and Saskatchewan RCMP, and Cadets to name a few.

Sergeant-at-arms for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch Prince Albert, Gary Renaud said that he was happy to see the community come together to pay their respects on such an important day.

“I was very pleased to see all the people there,” he said. “I’m also proud that they came out in the weather to pay their respects to the veterans and to the soldiers that lost their lives. I think it’s good to see that people are realizing that freedom isn’t free and that it costs us greatly.”

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Renaud added that wearing a poppy is one of the greatest ways that you can pay your respects.

“When you look at it, you think of all the lives that were lost so that we can be free,” he said.

In Ottawa, thousands gathered at the National War Memorial where cannons boomed and military aircraft flew past when the clock struck 11 a.m. on the Peace Tower. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was absent from the Ottawa ceremony as he travels to an international summit in Cambodia.

At the National War Memorial, a flag that was reportedly carried by a Canadian soldier into battle at Dieppe, France, in August 1942 was displayed, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the raid. A wreath was also laid for Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September.

-With files from the Canadian Press

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logan.lehmann@pattisonmedia.com

Twitter: @lloganlehmann