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UPDATE: The ceremony scheduled to take place at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Canada - Innisfil Branch on November 10 has been postponed.Innisfil, ON – Community members are invited to commemorate the sacrifices of Canadian veterans at Remembrance Day ceremonies happening across Innisfil.

Services are taking place at the:

  • Cookstown Cenotaph (20 Church Street) – Sunday, November 5 at 11 a.m.
  • Innisfil Town Hall (2101 Innisfil Beach Road) – Friday, November 10 at 10:50 a.m.
  • Ahmadiyya Muslin Jama’At  - Innisfil Chapter (4073 4th Line) – Friday, November 10 at 1:45 p.m.
  • Royal Canadian Legion Branch 547 Lefroy/Belle Ewart (1017 Robinson Street) – Saturday, November 11 at 11 a.m.
  • Sandycove Acres Veterans Association at the Cenotaph (43 Weeping Willow Drive) – Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 p.m.

“We invite all members of the community to join us as we gather for Remembrance Day services at Town Hall and other locations in Innisfil,” says Mayor Lynn Dollin. “I hope all residents will take a moment to pause and honour the service, courage and sacrifice of our veterans and current members of the Canadian Forces.”

The Innisfil Remembrance Day Working Group helps organize the annual service at Town Hall to provide an opportunity for residents to pause and reflect on the role that Innisfil’s citizens have played in protecting and preserving Canada’s freedoms in times of war, conflict and peace.

In recognition of Veterans’ Week (November 5-11) and Remembrance Day, visitors to the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library will notice a cut-out silhouette of a soldier at each branch surrounded with laser-cut poppies. On these poppies, visitors are invited to write the name of a veteran or loved one who is currently serving in the armed forces, or a few words of thanks or remembrance.

Visit the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library Lakeshore Branch on Thursday, November 9 from 6-7 p.m. for a special presentation with Corporal Eugene Clifford in honour of Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day. Corporal Clifford joined the Canadian Armed Forces as an Aviation Systems Technician in 2014. Corporal Clifford has deployed domestically on Operation Recovery in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and internationally on Operation Presence in Mali during the summer of 2019. Open to all ages, register online.

For other ways to remember the sacrifices and achievements of the brave Canadians who served, and continue to serve, our country at home and abroad, visit Veterans Affairs Canada's website.