Remembrance Day across southeastern Ontario is going to look a lot different this year, with public gatherings at cenotaphs on Nov.
11 being scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic.Officials in the Kingston region say the usual pomp and ceremony will give way to what they call private ceremonies instead.
From Brockville to Belleville and all points in between, Remembrance Week and more specifically Remembrance Day will look a lot different this year according to Stephen Shirk.
Remembrance Day planners scrambling as coronavirus limits traditional ceremonies “We’re going to have a ceremony — that’s important and we will make it happen.” Shirk is the chair of the Veterans Council that puts on the annual ceremony in Belleville.