It’s a journey that has been many years in the making. After a torch-lighting at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill, a moment of silence at the nearby National War Memorial and a send-off at Perley Health’s veterans’ centre on Monday, it finally gets underway. Read More
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Torch-lighting ceremony to mark beginning of pilgrimage by descendants of Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands
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