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EDMONTON — Ceremonies took place around the country today as millions of Canadians commemorated Remembrance Day.
In Ottawa, proceedings around the National War Memorial carried extra poignancy in the wake of last month’s attack on Parliament Hill.
WATCH: Canadians honour vets in record numbers this year. Vassy Kapelos reports from Ottawa:
Meanwhile in Edmonton, people took part in a number of ceremonies around the city. All similar, but also each different in their own way in part because each person reflects in his own way.
We wanted to know, when the last post ends and the silence begins, what do you think about?
“I think about all those that never came back,” said Maj. Cole Peterson, 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry.
“From generations before but as well as my own friends that never made it back from Afghanistan.”
“Peace…I think of peace,” said Elizabeth Weatheral.
WATCH: Kent Morrison, Tom Vernon, and Shirlee Engel have team coverage of how Remembrance Day was marked in Edmonton, as well as the nation’s capital.
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