Saturday, November 10, 2012

Lest WE Forget

Remembrance Day services in Toronto   
By ,Toronto Sun
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Toronto cenotaph
Cenotaph in front of Toronto Old City Hall. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun files)


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.
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