‘The weather is irrelevant,’ in light of service of others, says observer

Drizzly and cold here in St. John's but that hasn't stopped crowds of people from coming out to remember here at the National War Memorial. The weather is irrelevant. It's if I can't stand up rain or cold for a couple of hours considering what these guys have gone through for years to enable me to come down here and honour them and do whatever it is that you know we have the freedoms to do. Whether it's relevant at that point A parade with veterans and uniformed service members marching down to the ceremony, the lieutenant governor taking the royal salute, and this year's Silver Cross representative Brooke Ingram laying a wreath. Her father, Sergeant Vaughn Ingram, was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. and of course this Remembrance Day in the shadow of a very recent military tragedy at CFB Wainwright. in this province with connections and loved ones at Wainwright and I'm sure that will be on many people's minds as they remember today. Laura Howell, CBC News, St. John.