Niagara Falls Remembrance Day ceremony honours fallen soldiers and CFB Wainwright victims

The City of Niagara Falls held its annual Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday.

The ceremony was held at the Cenotaph and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Fairview Cemetery on Stanley Avenue.

The ceremony included a laying of wreaths at the war memorials by prominent individuals and organizations in the community.

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“Today we stand in times uncertain, tested where unity seems fractured, trusted and contested. Yet still this day demands that we be invested in what those fallen souls once manifested. For they secured our right to disagree, to question, to challenge, and to be as different as the land from sea to sea,” said writer Mathew Giagnorio.

Along with the many soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars and those in the Korean and Afghanistan wars, the four victims of the deadly fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta were also honoured.

The priest presiding over the ceremony noted that the Royal Canadian Legion is donating $250,000 from the Poppy Project to the families of the four soldiers.

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