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A field of crosses on the University of Toronto campus—set up by engineering students—commemorates the 628 students, faculty, staff, and alumni who were killed fighting in World War I, a war that ended ninety years ago yesterday. Each cross is marked with the name of one of the fallen.

    

November 11, 1918: eager Torontonians, having seen several days of stories in the local dailies that the end of World War I was imminent, waited for word from Europe of the armistice that would bring loved ones home. The newspapers stayed close to their wires to put the presses into motion once the armistice was official. The Evening Telegram described the wait:

One activity that today's remembrances of those fallen in war might prompt is a look through boxes in attics and archives for letters sent home by those on the front lines. As demonstrated in a series currently running in The Globe and Mail, these letters provide a snapshot of what it was like to be caught up in conflicts far from Canada. In these documents, the joy at receiving small pleasures of life from home stand out, whether it's a shipment of candy bars or a newspaper clipping announcing a friend's wedding.

The TTC will join individuals and communities across the nation in marking Remembrance Day by halting all of its vehicles for two minutes at 11 a.m. today. Subways will be held at platforms, buses and streetcars will remain at the nearest regular stop they hit just prior to 11 a.m., and Wheel-Trans vehicles will pull over. Regular service will resume as soon as the two minute pause has elapsed. Though this is a fairly common way for transit services to honour the moment—the TTC told Torontoist yesterday that they have been doing this for years—the TTC's stoppage tends to fly under the radar, and is not, perhaps, quite as well known as it could or should be. Should you be riding in, waiting for, or stuck behind a TTC vehicle at 11 a.m. this morning, please be patient: the two minutes in question are for a very good cause. In addition, veterans will be able to travel for free today on Toronto, Mississauga, York, and Durham transit services.

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Rosie DiManno sucks. Every day, poor Toronto Star readers are subjected to another over-the-top, awkwardly-written, occasionally-insulting column about the day's top depressing story from the purple-streaked purveyor of pulp. Torontoist, for one, can't take it anymore: it's time to take out the trash. The Evidence DiManno Watch needed a bit of a breather for the past week, and, really, we have no one other than DiManno to thank for that. Sure, she's subtly insulted immigrants...

Faithful readers might remember Lisa Pijuan from previous Torontoist stories, and we're sure you'll be pleased to learn she is as inimitable and inexhaustible as ever. RED is still going strong at the Lula Lounge every couple of months or so, and tonight's edition is a special one commemorating Women's Remembrance Day with a talented all-female line-up. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Sistering.

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Mayor David Miller will be giving a Remembrance Day address at a service at Old City Hall this morning at 10:30. The service will also include a Colour Party Parade and music by the 7th Toronto Regiment Band, RCA and the Elmer Iseler Singers.