Regional Municipality of York Remembrance Day Ceremony

NEWMARKET – The Regional Municipality of York will be holding a Remembrance Day Ceremony on Thursday, November 11th, beginning at 10:40 a.m.  Members of the public and media representatives are welcome to join Regional staff for the ceremony.

 

WHEN: Thursday, November 11, 2004
  10:40 a.m.

 

WHERE: The Regional Municipality of York
  Administrative Centre – The Great Hall
  17250 Yonge Street
  Newmarket

 

PRESENT: Bill Fisch, Regional Chair and CEO
  Armand La Barge, York Regional Police Chief
  Michael Garrett, Chief Administrative Officer, York Region
  Clay Stones, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 426
  Tony Centra, Grade 7 Student, St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School
  Doug Sheppard, Union Chair of CUPE 905 and Master of Ceremonies
  

 

BACKGROUND: 

 

• A wreath will be presented from the Royal Canadian Legion, and two minutes of silence will be observed at 11:00 a.m.

 

• The ceremony will feature the York Regional Police and York Regional Emergency Medical Services Colour Guards; York Regional Police Piper, Peter Fleming; Tony Centra, a Grade 7 student who will read a poem he wrote on Remembrance Day; and Deborah Baber of York Regional Police, who will perform our National Anthem.

 

 

 

Contact:   Patrick Casey, Corporate Communications, York Region
- (905) 830-4444 or 1-877-474-9675, ext. 1235
- Email: Patrick.casey@york.ca