CANADIANS HONOUR CANADA’S WAR DEAD TODAY
Remembrance Day services will be held from coast to coast today. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. David Johnston will lead the main service in Ottawa today. Services will be held in communities across the country.
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FAMILIES REMEMBER FALLEN SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL
As Canadians pause to reflect on the country’s war dead this Remembrance Day, the families of search and rescue personnel will also be reflecting on the sacrifices their loved ones made. Liz Quinn, whose late son Sgt. Mark Salesse died in a 2015 training exercise, hopes Canadians will also take a moment to remember those with the Canadian Armed Forces search and rescue who died in the line of duty.
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VANCOUVERITES PROTEST TRUMP ELECTION WIN
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Vancouver Thursday night to protest Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. Dozens of placards with slogans disparaging Trump were seen at the event. One New Yorker who opted to visit Canada to avoid the election night chaos this week said he wasn’t expecting an anti-Trump rally in Canada. But Steve Cucuzza said he wasn’t surprised adding the global community has every reason to be afraid of the prospect of Trump in the White House.
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