People will gather at Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre for the province’s largest Remembrance Day service on Monday, as Canadians honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty and pay tribute to those who continue to serve.
CBC will livestream the service, which starts at 10:40 a.m. CT, here at cbc.ca/manitoba.
The service is one of many events being held around the city on Monday.
Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.
It’s been 80 years since D-Day, which marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War. It has also been 10 years since the end of the mission in Afghanistan, 60 years of peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force.