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01.12.2020 / 01:59

Coronavirus: Ste. Anne’s Hospital dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, health authority confirms

COVID-19, and multiple sources told Global News that many of the 14 infected patients are veterans.“It’s a very vulnerable clientele — our veterans, especially veterans from World War II,” said Greg Kelley, West Island MNA.“They’re not young in any sense of the imagination. They’re definitely very much older and they’re at a high risk.” Veterans claim victory at Ste.

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Remembrance Day ceremonies in Quebec turn small amid coronavirus crisis

Remembrance Day will be scaled down in Montreal and across the province compared to previous years as novel coronavirus cases surge, but Canadians are still asked to honour veterans’ wartime sacrifices in other ways.The Royal Canadian Legion is explicitly discouraging people from attending ceremonies in person this year and is instead asking people to watch on TV or online due to the pandemic.Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says it is time to “remember those who acted with courage, sometimes at the cost of their lives, to protect us and to ensure our future.”“Let us honour their memory by drawing inspiration from their courage to get through this pandemic together,” she wrote on social media.In Montreal, there will be a small ceremony at

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Disabled veterans still struggling amid coronavirus as Remembrance Day nears

Remembrance Day on Wednesday, once again taking a moment to honour and remember those who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values and its principles.Yet there is growing concern about another group of Canadians who have served in uniform, as veterans’ organizations warn about the financial, emotional and physical toll that COVID-19 is having on those suffering from service-related injuries.

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Remembrance Day: Students hear veterans’ stories virtually due to pandemic

Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms.Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers as a veteran speaker with Historica Canada’s Memory Project, has booked almost double the number of gigs he would in a typical year. Though some technological adjustment has been necessary, the sessions have offered a virtual escape from the drudgery of pandemic restrictions.

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Equine therapy program for veterans, first responders struggling with lack of funding

Can Praxis equine therapy program hoped to expand this year to also serve health care workers.But a lack of corporate sponsorship and a series of cancelled fundraising events are forcing organizers to pull the reigns on what clients describe as desperately needed help. Veterans call for long-term support as another soldier dies by apparent suicide “This is crucial, crucial stuff for these people.

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Okanagan legion branches weather COVID-19 crisis

It seems that having to pay bills for almost three months with no income has taken its toll some Canadian legion branches.

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COVID-19 closures leave New Brunswick legions in dire straits

COVID-19 shutdowns cost them their revenue streams.“It continues to be a hardship on the branches because they have no income coming in but the monthly bills are still there,” says Jack Clayton, Executive Director of the Royal Canadian Legion’s New Brunswick Command.

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Veterans’ disability claims backlog must be cleared amid COVID-19, groups say

One of Canada’s largest veterans’ organizations is urging the federal government to automatically approve the roughly 44,000 outstanding applications for disability benefits from injured veterans to help them better deal with the COVID-19 crisis.

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Royal Canadian Legion branches adapt to support veterans during coronavirus pandemic

TORONTO – Royal Canadian Legion branches are adapting their services to support veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the national organization warns financial pressures could result in the closure of some branches.

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