Thousands gathered at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Nova Scotia
Livestream for Halifax ceremony will begin shortly before 11 a.m.
People across Nova Scotia gathered for Remembrance Day ceremonies this morning that honour and remember those who have served.
CBC livestreamed the event at Grand Parade in Halifax that began shortly before 11 a.m.
This year's ceremony marks a return to downtown Halifax after the 2023 event was moved to Sullivans Pond in Dartmouth due to Grand Parade being a designated encampment site amid the city's housing crisis. The municipality closed the site to tents last winter.
Mi'kmaw Elder Marlene Companion performed a smudging ceremony, a first for the Remembrance Day event at Grand Parade.
Jean Noel laid a wreath in memory of her brother, Master Cpl. Kirk Bradley Noel, who is this year's Memorial Cross recipient. He served in the navy before becoming a search and rescue technician.
Noel was killed in 2006 during a training exercise when a Cormorant helicopter crashed off Canso, N.S.
The Royal Canadian Legion has a list of ceremonies across the province and people can search for the gathering closest to them. They include nine in the Halifax Regional Municipality, eight in Cape Breton and more than a dozen in communities across the mainland.
The Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa at the National War Memorial began at 10:30 a.m. ET.
It's been 80 years since D-Day, which marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War. It has also been 10 years since the end of the mission in Afghanistan, 60 years of peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
