{"id":108005,"date":"2025-11-12T18:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=108005"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:52:15","slug":"remembrance-is-not-just-about-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/actualites\/remembrance-is-not-just-about-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance is not just about the past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The start of the first snowfall of the season marked Remembrance ceremonies in Champlain Township over the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the 11 o\u2019clock start of the Sunday morning ceremony at the Cenotaph in L\u2019Orignal Park, a few flakes of snow began to drift down out of the grey overcast sky. Later in the afternoon, at Vankleek Hill\u2019s Memorial Park, wet snow was falling and starting to coat the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Champlain Township Mayor Normand Riopel noted that the Remembrance events that take place, whether on Remembrance Day November 11 itself or as part of weekend events in advance of November 11, are not just about honouring the dead of past wars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembrance is not only about the past,\u201d said Mayor Riopel. \u201cIt is about those who continue to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Canada\u2019s armed forces continue to serve the country alongside first responders in emergency services like fire departments, ambulance units, and police departments, medical and nursing professionals, and volunteer groups that dedicate themselves to serving their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe honour those who give so much so that we may live in peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the first snowfall of the season marked Remembrance ceremonies in Champlain Township over the weekend. 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