Richmond News

[Photo: Mayor Malcolm Brodie receives this year’s first poppy from Matthew McBride, Chair of the Richmond Remembrance Day Committee.]

For Richmond residents wishing to reflect and remember those who gave their lives to serve and protect Canada, there will be a Remembrance Day ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Richmond City Hall.

Starting at 10:20 a.m., a parade will include units of Canadian veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Legion and Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans, Richmond’s permanent Canadian Forces Unit 39 Service Battalion, representation from public safety agencies and cadet organizations.

Official ceremonies begin at 10:40 a.m. at the city hall cenotaph, located on the east side of city hall.

There will be two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., followed by wreath-laying. …