Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament for Prince George–Peace River and Member of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, representative of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, will join Veterans and students from across the country for a "Wartime Supper." The supper is part of the 'Canada Remembers' theme week at the Historica-Dominion Institute's Encounters with Canada program.
Canadians across the country are taking the time to remember and honour our Veterans during Veterans' Week 2012, from November 5 to 11. Norman Doyle, Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador and the residents of Caribou Memorial Veterans' Pavilion and their families remembered with a candlelight ceremony today.
Canadians across the country are taking the time to remember and honour our Veterans during Veterans' Week 2012, from November 5th to 11th. Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, along with residents of the Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building and their families, remembered with a candlelight ceremony today.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, His Worship Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, and Vice-Admiral Maddison, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, joined more than 600 people, including hundreds of Veterans and youth, in a candlelight tribute this evening at the Centrepointe Theatre in Ottawa.
Canadians across the country are taking time to remember and honour our Veterans during Veterans' Week 2012, from November 5 to 11. Today, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Pierre Lemieux, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, remembered at the Annual Remembrance Day Ceremony in Casselman.
Many Canadian and French citizens gathered today at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, in France, to pay tribute to the men and women who served their countries from the First World War to current missions.
Mr. Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa–Orléans and representative for the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Senator Yonah Martin, Mrs. Laureen Harper, Honorary Patron of the Animals in War Dedication Project, Brigadier-General M.K. Overton, Assistant Chief of Military Personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces, and Mr. Russell Mills, Chair of the National Capital Commission (NCC), along with Veteran Lloyd Swick, founder of the project, today unveiled a dedication to honour animals who served alongside their human comrades in war. The dedication consists of three interpretative plaques explaining the roles played by animals during past wars. A bronze statue of a medical service dog stands nearby.
Many Canadian and French citizens gathered today at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, in France, to pay tribute to the men and women who served their countries from the First World War to current missions.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Eve Adams, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, will join the Honourable Roméo Dallaire, Senator and Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, and Member of Parliament Greg Kerr, Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, for a wreath-laying ceremony paying tribute to the service and sacrifices of Canadian Veterans
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, officially launched Veterans' Week 2012 today during a ceremony held in the Senate Chamber. Participants in the ceremony also marked the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele
