On September 7, 2005, twenty-one years ago now, as one of the Toronto events marking the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the families who had lost loved ones in two terrorist events 9/11 and the Air India bombing in 1985 met together. I was one of the journalists who […]
Cue the Dr. Who theme. During my visit to London and my old haunts from the 1980s in Earls Court, I spotted an old blue police box just by the tube station. I had been back in London for a day or so and was coming out of the Greggs on the right (excellent egg […]
A new plaque at the Kitimat cenotaph commemorates service in Afghanistan, see on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2015. (Robin Rowland) A member of the Royal Canadian Legion distributes poppies and programs before the Remembrance Day Service. (Robin Rowland) Before the “Guardians of Remembrance” service, someone left three red roses on the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland) A […]
The winning float in the 2015 Kitimat Canada parade from the Community Supper Club. (Robin Rowland) Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison who is retiring from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leads the Canada Day parade. (Robin Rowland) Kitimat Fire and Rescue. (Robin Rowland) Kitimat Marine Rescue Society (Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue SAR 63) […]
The new District of Kitimat Council was sworn in at a special ceremony at the Council Chambers at Northwest Community College in Kitimat, Monday, December 1, 2014. Mario Feldhoff reads the oath of office. (Robin Rowland) Councillor Rob Goffinet with Sgt. Morgan and Staff Sgt. Harrison. Councillor Edwin Empinado celebrates being elected for a […]
July 1, 2013, marked Kitimat’s 60th anniversary, so the theme was “Pioneer Days.” The float from the Riverlodge Summer programs took first prize for best float. (Robin Rowland) A girl celebrates Canada Day at the beginning of the parade. (Robin Rowland) The RCMP and other first responders lead the parade. (Robin Rowland) A boy […]
There is a tradition in Kitimat, British Columbia, that children lay wreathes at the cenotaph, representing those individuals and groups that are unable to attend. Here are some images of Remembrance Day 2012, in Kitimat.