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Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal
The ceremony featured a 21-gun salute and helicopter flyover, attended by over 100 people to honor veterans and raise awareness of their ongoing challenges.
- On Nov. 11, 2025, Montreal held a Remembrance Day ceremony at Place du Canada that began just after 10:30 a.m. and drew more than 100 people.
- Bruno Plourde, a veteran who spent 40 years in the Armed Forces, said he lost a comrade while serving in Afghanistan and finds Remembrance Day easier than year-round memory during Canada’s mission, 2001–2014.
- Ceremonial elements included a 21-gun salute and participation by the 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, with mayor-elect Soraya Martinez Ferrada and Member of Parliament Marc Miller attending.
- Veterans highlighted post-service mental-health losses, saying comrades who deteriorated after service often disappeared or 'lost their minds,' while Len Kander noted many veterans hesitate to use available services.
- A former elementary and high school teacher said he emphasizes educating students about veterans’ legacy, while Vincent-Gabriel Lamarre, corporal, described the ceremony as 'a lot of emotion for me today.
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'It's about all of us': Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal
MONTREAL — On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan. “We have a special place in our heart for him today,” he said Tuesday morning from Montreal’s Place du Canada.
MONTREAL — On this Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said that his thoughts went to a comrade whom he had lost while they were both deployed in Afghanistan. He said that the man occupies a special place in his heart on Tuesday morning at Place du Canada in Montreal. Plourde also said that he thought of all those who lost their lives, as well as those who returned from the fighting but broke. He served 40 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, also par…
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