CANADA FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST:
POLICE & PEACE OFFICERS’ MEMORIALS ABOUND
Newfoundland & Labrador:
#1 – St. John’s
Annual Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 2003)
Sunday 28 September 2008 (last Sunday of September annually)
Memorial Monument: Confederation Building, St. John’s (dedicated 2004)
Provincial Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Day proclaimed 2003
Web site: www.policeandpeaceofficers.ca
Contact: Correctional Officer Owen Devereaux: owendevereaux@gov.nl.ca
#2 - Clarenville
Annual Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 2003)
Sunday 28 September 2008 (last Sunday of September annually)
Ceremony at Anglican Church, Port Blandford
Contact: Correctional Officer Elywin Burke: elywinburke@gov.nl.ca
Nova Scotia:
Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first ?)
Sunday 19 October 2008 (3rd Sunday of October annually)
2008 Service: Saint Mary’s Basilica, Spring Garden Road & Barrington Street, Halifax
Memorial Monument: To be built on the Grand Parade, Halifax
Provincial Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Act passed 2006
Contact: Police Chaplain, Rev. Cynthia Chenard: cjchenard@hfx.eastlink.ca
New Brunswick:
Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 1997)
Sunday 31 August 2008 (last Sunday of August bi-annually, next service 2009)
Memorial Monument: Banks of the St. John River, Fredericton (dedicated 1997)
Contact: Police Inspector Brent Blackmore: brent.blackmore@fredericton.ca
Prince Edward Island:
Memorial Ceremony for Police, Peace Officers, Armed Forces, and Fire (first 2005)
Date - Sunday, September 28, 2008
Location - Atlantic Police College
Memorial Monument: Service Memorial Fountain, Queen’s Square, Charlottetown
(dedicated 2005), (Grafton St. side of Coles Building)
Contact: Eric Fiander, Atlantic Police College: efiander@hollandcollege.com
Quebec:
No Police or Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony
Ontario:
#1 - Provincial
No Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony, Support Bill 51 (1st reading 2008)
Proposed Date is Annually on Third Sunday of September
Proposed Site is Adjacent to Queen’s Park, Toronto
Contact: Correctional Officer Scott Roberts: swroberts@sympatico.ca
#2 - Provincial
Annual Police Memorial Ceremony (first 2000)
May (annually)
Police Memorial Monument: Adjacent to Queen’s Park, Toronto (dedicated 2000)
Manitoba:
Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 2004)
Sunday 28 September 2008 (last Sunday of September annually)
2008 Service: Legislature Grounds, Winnipeg
Memorial Monument: Ongoing Project
Contact: Inspector Jim Poole, Winnipeg Police @ jpoole@winnipeg.ca
Saskatchewan:
Annual Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 2004)
Sunday 28 September 2008 (last Sunday of September annually)
2008 Service: Legislature Grounds, Regina
Memorial Monument: Ongoing Project
Provincial Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Act passed 2006
Web site: www.saskpoliceandpeaceofficersmemorial.ca
Contact: Correctional Officer Shelley Johnson: sjohnson@cps.gov.sk.ca
Alberta:
Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 1999)
Sunday 28 September 2008 (last Sunday of September annually)
Memorial Monument: Legislature Grounds, Edmonton (dedicated 2006)
Provincial Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Day proclaimed 2003
Contact: SolGen Karen Pottruff: karen.pottruff@gov.ab.ca
British Columbia:
#1 – Peace Arch Park, Surrey
Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony (first 1997)
Sunday 28 September 2008, 1:00 p.m. (last Sunday of September annually)
2008 Service: Peace Arch Park, Surrey
The B.C. Memorial Ceremony rotates annually between three sites:
#2 – 2007 Memorial Ceremony held at Legislature Grounds, Victoria
#3 – 2006 Memorial Ceremony held at Stanley Park, Vancouver
Memorial Monument: Legislature Grounds, Victoria (dedicated 2004)
B.C. Memorial unveiling: www.governmentcaucus.bc.ca/EN/2470/1767
Contact: Correctional Officer James Pyke: James.Pyke@gov.bc.ca