Lisa LaFlamme Hosts CTV News Special, REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012, Sunday, Nov. 11 on CTV and CTV News Channel

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Toronto, ON (November 6, 2012) – On Sunday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT, CTV News paystribute to the service of the men and women of Canada’s military with expansivenational Remembrance Day coverage in REMEMBRANCEDAY 2012. Hosted by Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme, the CTVNews team deploys to memorial sites across the nation to commemorate Canada’sheroic veterans in the commercial-free, live, 90-minute broadcast. The specialalso underlines the incredible stories of selflessness and heroism of Canada’sveterans

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012 features livehits from CTV News Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife from Remembrance Dayservices at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. CTV News Channel’sMercedes Stephenson will be reporting live from the ceremony at the NationalWar Memorial in Ottawa. Todd Battis, CTV News’ Atlantic Bureau Chief, will belive at the Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax, a city rich in militaryhistory.

Throughout the special, LaFlamme is joined by a panel of expert guests providinganalysis, commentary and historical context of Remembrance Day in Canada, includingCTV News’ Chief Political Correspondent, Craig Oliver; former Chief of DefenceStaff of the Canadian Forces, General (Ret.) Rick Hillier; and award-winninghistorian and author, Charlotte Gray.

Additional Remembrance Day coverage includes:

CTVNews.ca
CTVNews.ca presents live streamingof CTV News special REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012, as well as extensive coveragein photo galleries, videos, and articles.

CP24
Hosted by Ann Rohmer and Stephen LeDrew, CP24 marks Toronto’s Remembrance Daywith live special extensive live coverage beginning at 10 a.m. from the main Toronto Remembrance Day Ceremony at OldCity Hall. Gurdeep Ahluwalia and Pooja Handa will be live on site at Old CityHall, with Jackie Crandles providing additional live coverage from Queen’s Parkat the Ontario Veterans Memorial.

CP24.com
Live streaming CP24’s Toronto Remembrance Day coverage, CP24.com willalso include a photo gallery tribute to Canada’s fallen soldiers.

About CTV News
CTV News is Canada’s most-watched news organization both locally andnationally and has a network of national, international and local newsoperations. CTV News operations include CTV NEWS CHANNEL, BNN – Business NewsNetwork, CP24 and information programming, including CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITHLISA LAFLAMME, CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH SANDIE RINALDO, CANADA AM, W5, POWER PLAYand QUESTION PERIOD. With a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, CTV Newsbrings Canadians the international and domestic news stories of the day and isthe number-one news organization in Canada.

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For more information:

Patricia Garcia, Bell Media, 416.384.2645 or Patricia.Garcia@bellmedia.ca

Renee Dupuis, Bell Media, 416.384.3154 or Renee.Dupuis@bellmedia.ca