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Rain or shine, Timmins pays respects to fallen soldiers during Remembrance Day ceremony

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Dozens braved the cold and rain in Timmins on Friday to pay their respects to those who gave their lives for Canada.

Members of the Algonquin Regiment, the local army and navy cadet corps, local politicians and the business community participated in the ceremony at the Hollinger Park cenotaph during the 11th hour.

People who attended told CTV that rain or shine, coming out to honour the fallen is the least people can do.

“The day is very important to me and to us because it shows what the soldiers in the veterans dead for Canada, to free our country,” said Monica Lapointe, whose husband and daughter are in the army cadet corps and son in the navy cadets.

“To be here, just for a little bit of time in the cold in the rain, just helps us remember what they went through so many years ago.”

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