Remembrance Day, looking back

CBC looks back to how Montreal celebrated the end of World War I exactly a century ago. Jonathan Montpetit pulls no punches in his description of the riots seen here when conscription was imposed in 1917, and how the armistice was an end not only to war, but to the divisions caused by this demand by the federal government.

CTV has a brief preview of the day’s events.

Relevant items I’ve noted: the Musée d’Orsay, where a dinner for world leaders is taking place this weekend, has been tweeting pieces related to World War I, both photos and paintings; Daily Mail has a lot of photos of world leaders in Paris; the BAnQ has a great selection of local images from that time; Trump used rain as his excuse for avoiding the memorial in Compiègne; thousands held a memorial in Ypres; read the Wikipedia piece on the causes of WWI and, if you thought you understood that war, you’ll realize you didn’t.

Update: La Presse reports on the ceremony at Place du Canada.