West Kelowna to hold Remembrance Day service
The Royal Canadian Legion’s Westbank Branch will host Remembrance Day Services in West Kelowna at Royal LePage Place, on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 10:45 a.m. to noon.
Provincial Health Orders and Interior Health guidelines will be followed to keep veterans and other attendees and organizers healthy and safe.
Interior Health guidelines limit event attendance to 50 per cent capacity, which in Royal LePage Place is 750 people.
Provincial Health Orders require proof of full vaccination (two doses) for everyone in attendance 12 and over.
The city will provide support to Westbank Legion organizers by providing staff to check for proof of vaccination upon entry. Staff recommend arriving early to account for vaccination checks. Everyone five years and older will be required to wear masks indoors.
Veterans who wish to participate in the ceremony on the floor of Royal LePage Place must contact the Westbank Legion at 250-768-4330 to provide their name and contact information and to get further details about their participation in the services that day.
The city will provide an outdoor overflow area, broadcasting the ceremony via audio in the courtyard outside Royal LePage Place, where a further 100 people can be accommodated.
Shaw Cable will livestream the ceremony for those who wish to watch from home; check local listings.
Orders and guidelines include:
- Stay home if you are sick.
- Sanitize hands upon entering and leaving our facilities
- Cough and sneeze into your elbow
- Attendance is limited to 50 per cent capacity, which in Royal LePage Place is 750 people
- Everyone 12 and older must show proof of full vaccination (two doses) in order to enter
- Everyone five and older must wear masks, medical or non-medical grade, covering the nose and face, when indoors
City offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11 in observance of Remembrance Day and will reopen Friday, Nov. 12 by 8:30 a.m.
Emergency services, such as fire/rescue and policing, and essential services, such as transit and waste collection, snow and ice control and sewer and water utilities response will continue.
Transit will run on a Sunday schedule.