In Person Service

Saskatoon is quite fortunate to have an indoor Remembrance Day Service with thousands coming out each year to commemorate our veterans and our current serving military.   That’s according to the Program Director and Vice-Chair of this year’s Remembrance Day Committee, Malcolm Young, who says it’s a special year after two years of not being able to have in-person services because of the pandemic.

This year’s theme comes from the John McCrae poem In Flanders Fields where it says, “from failing hands we throw the torch”.  In that vein, Young says, the service is about passing on the torch to the younger generation of serving members.

Photo credit Bob Atkinson courtesy 2022 Remembrance Day Citizens Committee

Two World War II veterans will be receiving compliments, Reg Harrison and Bob Atkinson.  Then, two Canadian Services members deployed oversees will bring compliments and greetings.

Photo credit Reg Harrison courtesy 2022 Remembrance Day Citizens Committeeoversees will bring compliments and greetings.

Friday’s service is the 91st Saskatoon Remembrance Day Service.  Doors open at 9:30 in the morning and everyone is asked to be in their seats by 10:15, with the service begins at 10:30 and then, “On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, we will remember them”. If you can’t make it, you can watch it on Shaw Cable beginning at 10 a.m.

Free Transit

Saskatoon Transit is providing complimentary bus transportation for anyone who wants to attend the Remembrance Day Ceremonies at SaskTel Centre on November 11.

It courtesy of RBC Royal bank and a bus will depart from the downtown special events stop at 23rd and 2nd Avenue every 20 minutes starting at 9 am. The last bus leaves at 10:20 a.m. meanwhile from Market Mall and Centre Mall there will be buses available at 9:45 a.m. from the mall transit terminal.

For veterans and current members of the Canadian Forces which includes cadets and reservists along with one companion there will be free transit service anywhere in Saskatoon on Remembrance Day. Identify yourself by wearing a uniform or military ID.

Wreath Laying USask

The University of Saskatchewan says their wreath-laying ceremony on Friday at the Memorial Gates on campus is open to the public.

It is their 94th wreath laying.

The Memorial Gates were unveiled in 1928, dedicated in honour of those from USask who served in the First World War. Today, the memorial serves as the location of a wreath-laying ceremony each year.

The university says many of its community members have contributed and sacrificed in service to the Canadian Armed Forces in times past and present