The Royal Canadian Legion Branches across the Cariboo presented their first poppies to local leadership ahead of Nov. 1, the traditional start of the Season of Remembrance.
Quesnel’s Mayor Ron Paull was given the honour of the tradition to receive Quesnel’s First Poppy during the Oct. 28 City Council Meeting.
Mayor Paull said he was “honoured” to receive the poppy and will wear it proudly. Thanking the veterans present from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 94 in Quesnel for their service.
Williams Lake’s Legion Branch will have its two Remembrance Day ceremonies, starting with the parade forming at the Gibraltar Room at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11. followed by the two minutes of silence and wreath laying ceremony at the City Hall Cenotaph.
Legion Branch 139’s colour party will hold the second ceremony at the Branch’s location on Bernard Street, to lay a wreath at the Legion’s cenotaph.
100 Mile House’s Mayor Maureen Pinkney earlier this week.
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