

Alanna Rizza, The Canadian Press





TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford encouraged Canadians to remember soldiers past and present Sunday as they reflected on the centennial anniversary of the end of the First World War.

“Canadian heroes span every conflict and every generation,” Ford told a crowd assembled in front of the Ontario Veterans' Memorial at the provincial legislature.

“Many made the ultimate sacrifice, and for that - for keeping our country safe, we will be forever grateful,” he said. “Because of their courage and sacrifice, most Canadians will never know the horrors of war.”

The Remembrance Day ceremony saw as many as 500 troops march towards Queen's Park while John McCrae's poem “In Flanders Fields” was read aloud.

The Queen's Park ceremony was one of many similar events held at legions, cenotaphsyears -- like the time a Madonna rehearsal blasted over the Vikings' wires during a game at the Oakland Coliseum, or the time the 49ers claimed to intercept a Southwest Airlines feed.

Last season, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett suffered two delay-of-game penalties due to headsets malfunctioning during a Sunday night road game loss to the New York Jets. The Jets themselves suffered a loss to the Steelers that they blamed in part on Mark Sanchez’s multiple helmet malfunctions. The shady practice even dates back to Spygate in 2007, with many fingers pointing to Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots as the biggest culprit.

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