Lest WE Forget

Remembrance Day services in Toronto   

By Ian Robertson,Toronto Sun

First posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 10:58 AM EST | Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012 11:05 AM EST

Cenotaph in front of Toronto Old City Hall. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun files)

 

TORONTO - To honour Canadians who served during two world wars, the Korean War and on more recent peacekeeping missions, on Sunday doff your hat, stop work, pull your vehicle to the roadside, and glimpse into the past at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

At 11 a.m., all TTC vehicles will pause for two minutes.
There are also special events in Toronto at which you can celebrate Remembrance Day, including:

• Sunrise Service — Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St. Clair Ave. W.
• 10:15 a.m. — Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave., Warriors Hall, K Wing.
• 10:45 a.m. — Kew Gardens cenotaph, 2075 Queen St. E.
• 10:45 a.m. — Province of Ontario service on front lawn of Queen’s Park, University Ave. north of College St.
• 10:45 a.m. — Royal Canadian Legion, Scarborough Cenotaph at Kingston Rd. and Danforth Ave.
• 10:45 a.m. — Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave.
• 10:55 a.m. — Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale Rd. north of Sheppard Ave. E.
• 10:45 a.m. — City of Toronto services at Old City Hall cenotaph, Queen and Bay Sts., which is broadcast live on Citytv, CP24 and broadcast live on the CFRB radio station Newstalk 1010.
• 10:45 a.m. — Services at the following civic centres across the city: East York, memorial gardens, 850 Coxwell Ave.; Etobicoke cenotaph. 399 The West Mall; North York, George Weston Recital Hall at Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.; York Civic Centre, York Memorial Collegiate Auditorium, 2690 Eglinton Ave. W NOTE: Scarborough’s service was last Sunday.
• 10:45 a.m. — Fort York Strachan Avenue Military Cemetery, 250 Fort York Blvd., northwest of Bathurst St. and Lake Shore Blvd.
• 11 a.m. — The CN Tower, south of 301 Front St. W., will be alight in poppy red, flying its flags at half-staff, followed by a reading of In Flanders Fields and playing of the Last Post.
• 7 p.m. — Royal Canadian Legion — Stan Lister Hall, 100 Salome Dr.