Canada border officers seize $38.5 million of cocaine
Lest We Forget
November 8, 2014
Branches of Legions across Central Lambton will be holding Remembrance Day events – they are
FRIDAY
Wyoming: Remembrance Day Dinner at 6:30 pm
SUNDAY
Petrolia: Cenotaph Service at 2 pm, Remembrance Day Service at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 416 Queen Street
Florence: Cenotaph Service @ 2:30 pm
Oil Springs: Remembrance Service @ 11 am
TUESDAY
Alvinston: Cenotaph Service 11 am, Soup luncheon at the Legion
Brigden: Cenotaph Service starting at 10:45 am
Petrolia: Remembrance Day Service and Two Minutes of Silence @ 11 am at the Cenotaph
Remembrance Day Dinner @ 5 pm.
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