OTTAWA - Canadians paused to remember the military members who put their lives on the line to serve their country as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Tuesday morning from coast to coast.

Family members of the war dead staked out spots hours in advance in the nation’s snowy capital, braving chilly weather to get a good view of the ceremony at the National War Memorial.

Brian Revet, who said he lost an uncle in the Second World War who served as an aircraft gunner, travelled to Ottawa from Saskatoon for the event.

He arrived at 8 a.m. so that he could witness up close a ceremony he has watched on television since he was a teenager.

“It’s always meant a lot, ever since I was 16 years old. I’ve never served, I couldn’t imagine what it would be like,” he said.

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