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WATCH: Albertans pay tribute to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo

By Caley Gibson Global News

Posted October 28, 2014 2:09 am EST

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EDMONTON — Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was shot and killed while on duty at Ottawa’s National War Memorial last week, will be laid to rest on Tuesday.

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Hundreds of people are expected to gather for the regimental funeral for the 24-year-old, which will be held in his hometown of Hamilton, Ont.

In the days since the young soldier’s death, Canadians coast to coast stopped to pay their respects in numerous ways, including lining the Highway of Heroes as Cirillo made his final journey home.

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Here in Alberta, memorials at local cenotaphs grew as people laid flowers as a sign of love and solidarity for the fallen soldier and his family.

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Supporters pay tribute as the Body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is transported from Ottawa to Hamilton, along the Highway of Heroes in Port Hope, Ont., on Friday Oct. 24, 2014. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and General Thomas Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, participate in a tribute to the Canadian Forces, as well as fallen heroes, Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, before the start of CFL action between the Ottawa Redblacks and the Montreal Alouettes in Ottawa on Friday Oct. 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Yvonne Vanovereem, right, and her daughter, Brittny Manary, hold candles at a small vigil for Cpl Nathan Cirillo, in Hamilton, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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A Canadian Soldier salutes the hearse carrying the body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo on the Veterans Memorial Highway in Ottawa on Friday, October 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

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Montreal Canadiens' fans listen to 'O Canada' being broadcast on the big screen from Ottawa prior to an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Canadiens in Montreal. A ceremony co-ordinated between Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Bell Centre in Montreal and Air Canada Centre in Toronto, fans in all three arenas honoured slain soldiers Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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Crowds wave Canadian flags on an overpass at the Veterans Memorial Highway waiting for a procession transporting the body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo to pass by in Ottawa on Friday, October 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

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A tear runs down the face of Duncan MacLeod, a former Canadian Forces reservist with The Essex and Kent Scottish in Ontario, as he guards the cenotaph at Victory Square in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Flowers and flags were placed in front of the National War Memorial on October 23, 2014, a day after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot Canadian soldier Corporal Nathan Cirillo in Ottawa, Ontario. HILARY SCLODNICK, The Canadian Press

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The Canadian flag flies at half mast atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, one day after shootings in the nation's capital claimed the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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Canadians took to social media Friday to mourn and honour fallen soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he made his final journey home along the Highway of Heroes. Twitter/@neurotrition

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A woman leaves the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after paying her respects at the National War Memorial, where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, was killed by a gunman, in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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Canadian reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is pictured in an undated photo.

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Canadian reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is pictured in an undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Facebook

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A dog peeks out from under a gate at the Cirillo family home in Hamilton, Ontario near flowers and flags that have been left on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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Cpl. Cirillo's two dogs peek out from under a gate at the Cirillo family home, likely waiting for their friend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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Bruce Heyman, the American Ambassador to Canada, pays his respects at a makeshift memorial to Nathan Cirillo that has been growing outside of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Cirillo, 24, a reservist with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, based in Hamilton was shot dead in Ottawa earlier Wednesday morning during an attack by an armed gunman at Parliament Hill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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Nathan Cirillo, and his two dogs Facebook

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Canadian reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is shown in an undated photo taken from his Facebook page. Media reports say Cirillo is the Canadian soldier who was killed in Ottawa Wednesday while guarding the National War memorial. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Facebook

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Cpl. Nathan Cirillo.

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Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. via Twitter

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Flags line Highway 11 between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake in honour of 116,000 Canadian soldiers who have died since 1900. Eric Szeto, Global News

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Flags line Highway 11 between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake in honour of 116,000 Canadian soldiers who have died since 1900. Eric Szeto, Global News

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