Remembrance Day 2017: Clear, cold and dignified

Remembrance Day dawned clear and cold in the capital.
With temperatures in the -11 C range, and a significant windchill factor, weather observers were saying it was one of the coldest Nov. 11 on record.
But the temperatures moderated and the scene was crisp and clear as the crowds came to honour the fallen at Canada’s National War Memorial.
Thousands were on hand, many of them in their 80s and some of them in their 90s, to greet Canada’s new Commander-in-Chief, Gov. Gen. Julie Payett