A special Candlelight Ceremony will also be held on Sunday November 10 at 5:00 pm which the public is invited to attend along with families representing descendants of the fallen named on the crosses. The Okanagan Military Museum Society, the Kelowna Museums Society, the Rotary Club of Kelowna, the Royal…
Remembrance Day Remembrance Day is a day for all Canadians to remember the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. It is a day we encourage every individual, young and old, to pause, to give thanks and to remember. Most communities have a ceremony that contains a…
Kelowna Remembrance Day Nov 11- The Kelowna Pipe Band Society will play at the Kelowna Cenotaph (City Park) for the official ceremony at 11am. The band then plays at British Columbia Dragoons (720 Lawrence Ave, Kelowna), the Royal Canadian Legion event at the Parkinson Recreation Centre (1800 Parkinson Way, Kelowna),…
St Andrew has been celebrated in Scotland for over a thousand years, with feasts being held in his honour as far back as the year 1000 AD. However, it wasn’t until 1320, when Scotland’s independence was declared with the signing of The Declaration of Arbroath, that he officially became Scotland’s…
Hogmanay is what we Scots call New Year's Eve - 31 December - the big night that marks the arrival of the new year.
This is the day we celebrate Robert Burns’ contribution to Scottish culture, and all things Scottish.
Saint Patrick’s Day is widely celebrated by Irish around the world, In North America, St. Patrick's Day has become a celebration of being Irish — parades and parties feature head-to-toe green clothing, green leprechaun hats.
June 27 is Canadian Multiculturalism Day, an opportunity to recognize, celebrate, and learn about the importance of multiculturalism to the country. Canada has long been recognized around the world as a role model for multiculturalism and our society is known as a mosaic of many cultures. In fact, Canada’s 2021…
Canada Day, a national holiday, celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the effective date of the Constitution Act, 1867 (then called the British North America Act, 1867), which united the three separate colonies of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the…
Remembrance Day Remembrance Day is a day for all Canadians to remember the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. It is a day we encourage every individual, young and old, to pause, to give thanks and to remember. Most communities have a ceremony that contains a…
Kamloops Remembrance Day Nov 11- The Kamloops Pipe Band Society will play at the Kamloops Cenotaph (Riverside Park) for the official ceremony at 11am. The band then plays at the Royal Canadian Legion, The Rocky Mountain Rangers armoury, the Moose Lodge, and finally at the Army-Navy-Airforce Veterans (ANAvets) ... in…
Parade forms at 10 a.m. followed by the parade of veterans, first responders, cadets, cubs and scouts at 10:25 a.m. The service will begin at 10:35 a.m. A minute of silence will be marked at 11 a.m. Remembrance Day is marked at the 11th hour of the 11th day of…
St Andrew has been celebrated in Scotland for over a thousand years, with feasts being held in his honour as far back as the year 1000 AD. However, it wasn’t until 1320, when Scotland’s independence was declared with the signing of The Declaration of Arbroath, that he officially became Scotland’s…
Hogmanay is what we Scots call New Year's Eve - 31 December - the big night that marks the arrival of the new year.