metronews.ca
Loading....
Loading...
Local
Loading...
|
Canada
Loading...
|
World
Loading...
|
Business
Loading...
|
Sports
|
Entertainment
|
Movies
Loading...
|
Columns
Loading...
|
Blogs
Loading...
|
Life
|
Games
|
x
Remembrance Day
Ryan Taplin/Metro Halifax

November 12, 2009

Thousands of Nova Scotians gathered across HRM yesterday to pay respects to Canada’s war dead.

Students honour their own on Remembrance Day

November 12, 2009

Amongst the hundreds who gathered in Halifax to remember fallen soldiers was a group of students commemorating those, just like themselves, who went off to war.

Thousands amass at War Memorial to pay tribute to war vets

November 11, 2009

“It’s so beautiful,” said World War II veteran Sgt. Robert Guy at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial. The 91-year-old attends the ceremony every year he is able.

Fought-for freedom is the key to human rights

November 11, 2009

Today, at 11 a.m., I’ll bow my head and remember the men and women who have given their lives to this nation in war.

Teaching tool or ‘tacky’?

November 10, 2009

Disrespectful? Or a clever way to teach younger generations about the merits of war?

Grand Parade Cenotaph overhaul will be ready for Remembrance Day

November 09, 2009

The restoration of the Grand Parade Cenotaph will be complete in time for Remembrance Day, city hall has announced.

Halifax remembers those that fought for freedom

November 12, 2008

Flecks of hail swirled around the sailor’s memorial in Halifax as people laid green, purple and red Remembrance Day wreaths.

A musician's Remembrance Day quandary

November 10, 2008

Remembrance Day presents a unique challenge to musicians — how do you elicit emotion without being heavy-handed?

Wartime often breeds great medical advances

November 10, 2008

A silver lining of war is that medicine, like technology, advances considerably on the battlefield.


F E A T U R E D   S P O N S O R S

READ THE PRINT
EDITION ONLINE:
LOCAL GUIDES