AURORA – Wellington Street (Aurora) westbound from Bayview to Yonge, and Yonge southbound from Wellington to Church Street will be blocked off at approximately 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, for a military parade.
Approximately two hundred Army Reserve soldiers from the Queen’s York Rangers will march through the streets of Aurora in full dress uniform for a ceremonial parade, followed by a gruelling army competition conducted around Aurora in camouflage uniforms. The competition ends at 12:00 p.m. Sunday.
In order to rehearse, soldiers will have rifles but these rifles will not have live ammunition.
The Queen’s York Rangers are an Armoured Reconnaissance unit in 32 Canadian Brigade Group, an Army Reserve formation of some 2200 part-time soldiers based in armouries from downtown Toronto to Barrie and Owen Sound. The brigade includes units of infantry, artillery, reconnaissance and engineers.
For more information, contact Second Lieutenant Brian Weir, Unit Public Affairs Representative at 416-568-1552, or at bryanweir194@hotmail.com.
