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Bindon says he marches every year he can, to honour the "awful lot of very good men and women" who have died in war on behalf of ºÃÉ«tvs.

There were flyovers from Royal ºÃÉ«tv Air Force aircraft in the B.C. Interior, on Vancouver Island, and at the service at Victory Square, where a Sikorsky Cyclone helicopter roared overhead at the site of Vancouver's annual ceremony since 1924.

Chief Petty Officer, 2nd Class, Matthew Chabassol, was attending a service at the grounds of the legislature in Victoria with his two children, 10-year-old William and eight-year-old Sadie. 

Chabassol says Remembrance Day gives him the opportunity to think about his friends and family who have also served. 

"Some of them aren't with us anymore," he says. "It gives me a really strong reminder of the things we have done and accomplished."

But Chabassol says he doesn't mind if people don't attend an event, so long as they remembered the service of veterans.

"I'm not concerned if you come to a ceremony. I'm not concerned if you wear the poppy or not." 

Chabassol says he wanted ºÃÉ«tvs to reflect in their own way. "I think that's the important thing."

Ret. Major Roger Prouse, 87, served 47 years in military and volunteer service.

"I first joined the army cadets as a 14 year old at the B.C. regiment just up the street here on Beatty Street, as a matter of fact," he reflected ahead of the Vancouver service.

He says his father was a First World War veteran, while his brother also served in the military, and it was in his "family’s blood to serve our country."

Prouse says he was at Victory Square to lay a white rose, as well as a wreath on behalf of the City of Vancouver, and it was important to honour those who have served Canada "in war and in peacetime."

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Nov. 11, 2025.