Vimy Ridge Remembrance: Keeping History Alive

0:00It's April 9th. Welcome to Vancouver News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. In Montreal's Notre Dame de Grace neighborhood, folks gathered at Place Vimey for a reflaying ceremony on Vimey Ridge Day, honoring the battle that kicked off 109 years ago and lasted a grueling four days. Canadian troops pushed up the ridge through brutal gunfire, sleet and mud to claim a hard fought victory, but it came at the heaviest price in the nation's history. Researchers at the event stressed how vital it is to keep that memory alive in a world glued to screens. Warning that forgetting history leaves us lost. For the future, a college student who visited the site in France two years back urged more young people to join educational trips there, saying past lessons shape. What comes next? Politicians showed up too, including the Veterans Affairs Minister, pushing for year-round tributes to those sacrifices, a reminder that hits deep. In generations later.