The Regional Municipality of York to hold Remembrance Day Ceremony

NEWMARKET – The Regional Municipality of York will hold a Remembrance Day Ceremony on Tuesday, 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: Tuesday, November 11th
  10:40 a.m.

 

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

 

PRESENT: Bill Fisch, York Region Chairman and CEO
  Armand La Barge, York Regional Police Chief
  Bruce Macgregor, York Region Chief Administrative Officer
  York Regional Police and Emergency Medical Services Colour Guards

 

BACKGROUND:

 

• Two minutes of silence will be observed at 11:00 a.m.

 

• The ceremony will feature York Regional Police and York Region Emergency Medical Services Colour Guards; York Regional Police Detective and Piper Peter Fleming and Police Constable Danielle Morrison of York Regional Police, who will perform O Canada and God Save the Queen

 

• This year’s ceremonies will be broadcast to York Regional employees located at 90 Bales Drive in the Town of East Gwillimbury and 50 High Tech Road in the Town of Richmond Hill.

 

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Media Contact: Masrine Guthrie-Peart, Corporate Communications Specialist, York Region
 Phone:  905 830-4444, ext. 1236 or Cell 905 251-6416
 Email: masrine.guthrie-peart@york.ca