> November 11th is a partial statutory holiday in Canada. It's a day to
> commemorate fallen soldiers, especially the tens of thousands of
> Canadian soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars. Although
> there are essentially no active-duty WWI vets left alive, there are
> still several hundred WWII vets kicking around.

> It's kind of amazing that, since the country came into existence in
> the 1860s, over 100,000 Canadian soldiers have died in combat even
> though there have been no wars on Canadian soil.

> Stan