Tag Archives: Remembrance Day

Harold Hague is one of Regina's last-surviving veterans of D-Day, and each year on Remembrance Day, he thinks of his friends. "I am a very lucky person. I appreciate being here. I really do because a ...

When you talk to Robert Mason on the phone, you have to turn the microphone volume to 11. The 97-year-old's hearing may have dulled, but his memory is as sharp as a fresh blade, an...

Saskatoon Muslims gathered Friday to honour and remember the nation's veterans. The Ahmadiyya Jama'at Canada community celebrated its 5th annual nation Muslims for Remembrance Day campaign. From separ...

Call it luck or being in the right place at the right time, but a Saskatchewan veteran admits he had to be crafty to land a posting in the Canadian army to fight in the Second World War. "I tried the ...

While kids and parents prep for a big candy score on Halloween, a pair of veterans from the Third Canadian Army Veteran's (CAV) Motorcycle unit in Saskatoon were spreading a little red amongst all the...

There may be almost two weeks until Remembrance Day, but Friday is, traditionally, the day to pin on a poppy.   Cherilyn Cooke is the provincial director of Saskatchewan command for the Royal Can...

A group of ladies bustle around a small basement office in the Nutana Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, surrounded by boxes of poppies and wreaths. It's called the Poppy Room - but it sounds more l...