By Trevor Greenway

It was a somber but poignant Remembrance Day ceremony in Low, as scores of residents gathered around the Heritage Hall cenotaph to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in war. 

Mayor Carole Robert opened the ceremony just after 11 a.m. and invited members of Low’s fire services to lay wreaths at the foot of the cenotaph. Coun. Maureen McEvoy read the names of local soldiers etched into the cenotaph from the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and other conflicts. 

Coun. Maureen Rice read ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, before Low firefighter Benjamin Mallory played ‘The Last Post’ on the bugle. 

In Wakefield, mourners gathered at Parc de la paix for a ceremony, wreath laying and a moment of silence for local soldiers who lost their lives in both world wars. 

At the Pioneer Cemetery in Chelsea, hundreds gathered to participate in the ceremony led by councillor and veteran Cybèlel Wilson. Chelsea’s Castenchel Choir provided beautiful music throughout the ceremony that included prayers from chaplains and local clergy and wreath laying from over a dozen organizations. 

Chelsea Mayor Pierre Guénard laid a wreath at the Chelsea cenotaph with resident Harold Milks whose brother, Earl Milks died in the Second World War. 

Other wreaths were laid at the grave of Richard Thompson, who was awarded a scarf made by Queen Victoria following his involvement in the Boer War.

Overhead, four F-18 fighter jets circled waiting to fly over the ceremony on Parliament Hill.

Kazabazua also held its Remembrance Day ceremony at its new cenotaph located at 30 Ch. Begley. Refreshments followed the ceremony inside the Kazabazua Community Centre.