I have a feeling the VPD's 2012 calendar could give some local semi-naked firefighters a run for their money.
After all, who can resist a handsome face like the one belonging to Police Service Dog Knight, who this year graces the calendar as Mr. October. Knight's handler is Const. Richard Wong.
The calendar also features other canine members of the VPD Dog Squad and is produced in support of the Candy Anfield Memorial Foundation. Anfield was a VPD officer who lost her fight with breast cancer in 2004. Proceeds from the calendar go to the B.C. Cancer Foundation and B.C. Children's Hospital Foundation.
Calendars are available to purchase online at vancouver.ca/police, at Tisol stores, the 麻豆传媒映画Police Public Service counter, 3585 Graveley; the 麻豆传媒映画Police Museum; Animal Care Clinic, 2303 Alberta St.; the B.C. Cancer Clinic, 2560 Heather St. and B.C. Children's Hospital, 938 West 28th Ave.
Nov. 11
Here's a list of Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place today. This list initially went online Tuesday in order to give readers a heads up and a chance to plan which service they'd like to attend.
Victory Square is home to the city's largest Remembrance Day ceremony, which takes place at the cenotaph and begins at 10:30 a.m. A parade along Hastings Street from Hamilton to Victory Square precedes the event. This service was organized by the 麻豆传媒映画Remembrance Day Observance Committee.
The ceremony at CRAB Park at Portside, located at the very north end of Main Street, begins at 11:02 a.m. with a 21-gun salute. One round will be fired ever minute from three 105mm howitzer guns by members of the 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.
Prior to the Remembrance Day ceremony at Memorial Park South, located on West 41st Ave. at Windsor St., a parade begins at nearby John Oliver secondary school at 10:15 a.m., followed by a memorial service at the cenotaph located within the park at 10:15 a.m. This service was organized by the South 麻豆传媒映画Veteran's Council.
The recently redeveloped Grandview Park on Commercial Drive is the location for a memorial service organized by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 179, which begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by a parade at 11:15 that heads south on The Drive.
The Japanese War Monument located near the Stanley Park Pavilion is the location for a ceremony that takes place at 10:40 a.m. organized by the Japanese Canadian War Memorial Society.
For you early risers, a memorial service takes place at 8 a.m. at Jack Poole Plaza adjacent to the 麻豆传媒映画Convention Centre. Regimental units from the 39 Canadian Brigade, HMCS Discovery, RCMP "E" Division and the Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party will participate in the lighting of the cauldron at the plaza in a special ceremony themed "Generation to Generation."
Don't forget, vehicles displaying B.C. veteran licence plates are exempt from parking fees in park board operated parking lots and parkades, as well as at street meters and Easy Park lots across the city for Remembrance Day Week, Nov. 6 to 12.
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