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Hundreds gather in Penticton for Remembrance Day ceremonyRemembrance Day in Penticton looked quite a bit different again this year due to the pandemic, but hundreds of people still gathered together.CanadaNov 11
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‘Some form of normalcy’: Veterans reconnect in Ottawa as Remembrance Day crowds returnAfter COVID-19 forced Canadians to observe a very different Remembrance Day last year, crowds returned to Ottawa's National War Memorial in 2021 -- including the prime minister.CanadaNov 11
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Quebec Royal Canadian Legion branch gets some good newsTwo years ago, cans containing more than $1,000 worth of poppy donations were stolen from multiple Tim Hortons restaurants.CanadaNov 10
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Poppy donation box stolen from bank in downtown KelownaSurveillance video shows a man running across Ellis Street clutching a donation box while a bank employee chases him.CrimeNov 9
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100 Years of Poppies: From Flanders Fields to our lapelsAnna Guérin convinced the Canadian Great War Veterans’ Association to adopt the poppy. One hundred years later it’s still worn on lapels leading up to Remembrance Day.CanadaNov 9
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‘People in Guelph are very generous’: Annual poppy campaign underwayThis year also marks the 100th anniversary of the poppy being adopted as the flower of remembrance, according to the Royal Canadian Legion.ÂCanadaNov 2
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2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the remembrance poppyThe Royal Canadian Legion is encouraging Canadians to mark the 100th anniversary of the remembrance poppy by wearing one this year.CanadaNov 1
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Royal Canadian Legion launches centennial poppy campaignThis year marks the centennial year of the long-standing tradition, which honours those who have fought and served for Canada.PoliticsOct 29
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2021 campaign launched in Saskatchewan with 1st poppies handed outMargaret Schaffer and Tom Jenkins, the niece and nephew of Lance Corporal Morgan Jones Jenkins, received their poppies from Saskatchewan’s lieutenant-governor.CanadaOct 28
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Londoners invited to mark Remembrance Day 2021 in personUnlike last year, Londoners will be able to attend the Remembrance Day ceremony in person this year with several COVID-19 protocols in place.CanadaOct 28
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