Lest we forget.
We reached into Peak archives for today’s feature photo, which was taken at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Townsite in 2019, during the last Remembrance Day ceremony not affected by COVID-19 restrictions. The program planned for 2022 by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 164 (Powell River) is returning to the pre-pandemic traditional schedule.
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On this day:
In 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the eleventh month, the World War 1 armistice signed by Allied countries and Germany came into effect, which brought fighting to an end.
Today’s weather:
Showers are expected during the day on Friday, November 11, as is a high of five degrees Celsius, dropping to one degree at night, when the forecast calls for clear skies. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Peak film critic Stephen J. Miller reviewed the Canadian-made movie Passchendaele and recommended it for viewing on or around Remembrance Day.
Meanwhile…
When Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, legend has it that one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carrying an old flag.
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