The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada will be marching to Runnymede Healthcare Centre in 1865 Rifleman Skirmishers Uniforms accompanied by The Bugle Band, Skirmishers presenting Arms.

The November 4 event is part of Remembrance Day services taking place across the country. Remembrance Day is on November 11.

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada’s was formed in 1860 and is Canada’s oldest continuous infantry regiment. They will be hitting the streets to the centre at 2 p.m.

Members of the Queen’s Own Rifles are deployed in Jordan, Beirut, Latvia, Iraq and the United Kingdom in a “training” capacity.

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, which is a primary reserve regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces based in Toronto, is no stranger to Runnymede, at 635 Runnymede Road.

For 37 years, Runnymede Healthcare Centre has had the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada join in its Remembrance Day event.

Once there Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah will give a reading of Flanders Fields, the Last Post will take place along with a moment of silence and The Arise and Act of Remembrance and Commitment to Remember.

Runnymede Healthcare Centre is a growing health centre that includes a 206 bed Rehabilitation Hospital, the construction of a 200 bed Long Term Care Facility and planning for a Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) Centre of Excellence for First Responders in Toronto and Caledon.

As part of the PTSI Centre, Runnymede Healthcare Centre will launch a digital platform that ensures virtual services are accessible for every First Responder across Ontario.

Remembrance Day ceremonies are taking place in at least three venues in South Etobicoke. There will be a sunrise ceremony at 7:30 a.m. at the New Toronto Cenotaph, at Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Kipling Avenue.

There is another at 10:45 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 643, at 110 Jutland Road, near Islington Avenue. And a third at 10:45 a.m. at the Etobicoke Civic Centre, at 399 The West Mall.