The Royal Canadian Legion and the Army, Navy and Air Force veterans will hold their annual Remembrance Day parades in downtown Kelowna and Rutland on Sunday, Nov. 11. Some roads will be temporarily closed to traffic to accommodate the parades. RCMP will be on site to provide traffic control along both parade routes.
Royal Canadian Legion veterans will march from Mill Street to the Cenotaph in Veendam Gardens in City Park prior to the ceremony, and will then make their way down Lawrence Avenue to Water Street to the Queensway Avenue roundabout post ceremony. Parking will be prohibited along all these routes.
Downtown road closures (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Downtown road closures (11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Army, Navy and Air Force veterans will walk from 270 Dougall Road North to the Centotaph at Rutland Lions Park on Gray Road and back between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Motorists can expect delays in the area.
Rutland road closures
Transit Service
Kelowna Regional Transit employees will also pay their respects with one minute of silence at 11 a.m. All transit drivers will ensure their buses are safely pulled over to the curb and parked during this period.
Minor transit delays can be expected in the downtown area and on Highway 33 at Dougall Road between 10 a.m. and 12: 30 p.m.
For more information about road closures, visit kelowna.ca/roadreport.