Thompsonites can view the local Remembrance Day service online on Facebook and Youtube for the second year in a row.

 

Captain Dan Colosie, the Poppy Chair at the Royal Canadian Legion in Thompson, explains they’re doing a virtual service to keep the public safe and reduce the spread of COVID-19.

 

Here, Colosie shares why it’s important for residents to commemorate Remembrance Day and observe the service.

 

"As a Canadian and a Thompsonite, we’re part of a city and a country that represents a piece of the world that has a bigger picture and we’re a people who support that throughout going overseas and fighting for the freedom that we enjoy. Those Canadian Forces members deserve our respect, deserve our recognition and those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice deserve for us to take a small moment of our day, a small moment of our year, to remember them."

 

The broadcast will begin at 10:20 tomorrow morning on the Thompson Legion’s Facebook Page and Youtube Channel.

 

Catch Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon for the full interview with Colosie.