Canada’s veterans to be honoured at the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa [Video]

Canadian veterans, family members, senior politicians and officials will gather in Ottawa on Monday morning to mark Remembrance Day during a year that includes several important anniversaries.

It’s been 80 years since D-Day, which marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War. It has also been 10 years since the end of the mission in Afghanistan, 60 years of peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The ceremony, organized by the Royal Canadian Legion, begins at 10:30 a.m. ET at the National War Memorial. There will be two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. ET to honour people who lost their lives serving in the armed forces.

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will attend the ceremony. She …