IN PICTURES: Remembrance Day in Winnipeg

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JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Zane Forbes watches a Remembrance Day service at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg today.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Zane Forbes watches a Remembrance Day service at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg today.
(Matthew Fisher / Canwest News Service) Sgt. Vince Adams of Winnipeg shows his Sacrifice medal following Remembrance Day ceremonies at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan November 11, 2009. Adams became the first Canadian to be awarded the Sacrifice Medal while serving in Afghanistan. The 40-year old infantryman received the newly minted medal for having survived an anti-personal mine attack that killed four other members of his platoon and left him with a hole in his abdomen and shrapnel in his legs.
(Matthew Fisher / Canwest News Service) Sgt. Vince Adams of Winnipeg shows his Sacrifice medal following Remembrance Day ceremonies at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan November 11, 2009. Adams became the first Canadian to be awarded the Sacrifice Medal while serving in Afghanistan. The 40-year old infantryman received the newly minted medal for having survived an anti-personal mine attack that killed four other members of his platoon and left him with a hole in his abdomen and shrapnel in his legs.
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The grave of Sgt. Tommy Prince is decorated with Canadian flags for Remembrance Day in Brookside Cemetery. Prince, one of the country's top-decorated aboriginal war heroes, fought in the Second World War and Korea.
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The grave of Sgt. Tommy Prince is decorated with Canadian flags for Remembrance Day in Brookside Cemetery. Prince, one of the country's top-decorated aboriginal war heroes, fought in the Second World War and Korea.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Winnipeg Rifles Regiment member Cpl. Dave Anderson on the honour guard to remember the fallen on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg this morning.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Winnipeg Rifles Regiment member Cpl. Dave Anderson on the honour guard to remember the fallen on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg this morning.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA A soldier at Vimy Ridge Park wears a commemorative Royal Winnipeg replica uniform as well as his medal from Afghanistan.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA A soldier at Vimy Ridge Park wears a commemorative Royal Winnipeg replica uniform as well as his medal from Afghanistan.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Members of the public come to the cenotaph at Vimy Ridge Park to place poppiess on wreaths.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Members of the public come to the cenotaph at Vimy Ridge Park to place poppiess on wreaths.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Winnipeg Rifles prepare to lay the wreaths at the Vimy Ridge Park ceremony marking Remembrance Day.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Winnipeg Rifles prepare to lay the wreaths at the Vimy Ridge Park ceremony marking Remembrance Day.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA The honour guard arrives at beginning of the ceremony on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA The honour guard arrives at beginning of the ceremony on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Cpl. Dave Anderson of the Winnipeg Rifles on the honour guard to remember the fallen on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg.
JOE.BRYKSA@FREEPRESS.MB.CA Cpl. Dave Anderson of the Winnipeg Rifles on the honour guard to remember the fallen on Remembrance Day at Vimy Ridge Park in Winnipeg.
greg.lockert@freepress.mb.ca Rod O'Keefe, uncle of Sapper Sean Greenfield, holds a sign honouring his fallen nephew during a Remembrance Day parade on Portage Avenue. Greenfield, 25, who was born in Winnipeg, was killed when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Zhari district west of Kandahar city on Jan. 31, 2009. He was the 108th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan.
greg.lockert@freepress.mb.ca Rod O'Keefe, uncle of Sapper Sean Greenfield, holds a sign honouring his fallen nephew during a Remembrance Day parade on Portage Avenue. Greenfield, 25, who was born in Winnipeg, was killed when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Zhari district west of Kandahar city on Jan. 31, 2009. He was the 108th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan.

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