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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 small boy wears an RCMP uniform at the service. (Robin Rowland)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the parade to the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland)
Army Cadets and Girl Guides were also part of the parade. (Robin Rowland)
Bugler Derrick Stoigny sounds the Last Post, as Marg Bogaert of the Legion salutes and Mayor Phil Germuth bows his head. (Robin Rowland)
Across the country on its one hundredth anniversary, John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields was recited or sung. In Kitimat it was the Sine Nomine choir. (Robin Rowland)
One of the singers from Sine Nomine. (Robin Rowland)
A former peacekeeper lays the wreath on behalf of the Canadian Forces. (Robin Rowland)
Mayor Phil Germuth prepares to lay a wreath on behalf of the District of Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)
The Winterhawks hockey team witnessed the 2015 Remembrance Day service. (Robin Rowland)
Marg Bogaert salutes during the playing of “God Save the Queen,” as the 2015 Remembrance Service comes to an end. (Robin Rowland)
It was unseasonably cold and rainy in Kitimat on July 1, 2011, as the Royal Canadian Legion lead the Canada Day Parade.
The firefighters follow the Legion in the parade, not only because it is a place of honour, but in case there is an urgent call, the front of the parade makes for an easy exit in an emergency. On this day there was an emergency call. The parade stops at an intersection first to allow a standby pumper, normally used to fight brush fires, to come from the station to get to the scene (which was close to the parade route in this case) while the firefighters in the parade change assigned vehicles so the lead pumper can also proceed to the call.
One of the highlights of the parade was the first appearance in years of the Kitimat Fire Department’s first brush fire fighting vehicle, an original Willys jeep, driven by firefighter Dave Ingram. The jeep restoration was sponsored by the Kitimat Museum and Archives with the support of the District of Kitimat and members of the community.
The museum also sponsors a summer program for kids.
The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society, Unit 63 of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary-Pacific, uses Snowflake Responder for search and rescue missions along Douglas Channel.
Kitimat mayor Joanne Monaghan.
Kitimat residents are used to pouring rain, so there were still lots of people along the parade route. (although the cool, wet June, now edging into July is a bit unusual).
Watching the spectators from inside a nice, dry car.
The environmental group, Douglas Channel Watch, took the prize for the best overall float in the 2011 parade.
A dog enjoys the view from the pickup truck hauling the Douglas Channel Watch float.
David Venman holds the Coy Cup in the Canada Day Parade. The Kitimat Ice Demons of the CIHL won their fourth Coy Cup in six seasons in 2011; the B.C. Senior Men’s AA provincial championship. (At least one of the hockey teams I support won a cup this year).
The Kitimat Chamber of Commerce float promotes going fishing, a major tourist draw for the Kitimat region.