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Went down to the annual commemoration of Armistice Day at the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion memorial statue. The Mac-Paps were the Canadian volunteers who defied their government by going overseas to defend the Spanish Republic from Franco’s fascists. This year saw more than a hundred people come out, (the largest turnout this reporter can remember). There was some drama, with participants in the official Remembrance Day military pageant across the street on the lawns of the Legislature Buildings taking exception to the “noise” made by the small PA set-up.