Media Advisory - Special unveiling at VIA Rail's station for the Poppy Campaign

OTTAWA, Oct. 30, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - On October 31, at VIA Rail's Ottawa station, Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President and CEO of VIA Rail Canada, and Thomas D. Irwin, CD, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion, will proceed with a special unveiling to pay tribute to Canadian Veterans. VIA Rail and Legion employees, Veterans, soldiers and their family members will be present to mark the launch of VIA Rail's Poppy Campaign initiative. There will also be a performance by the Canadian Military Wives Choir Ottawa.

About the Royal Canadian Legion
Founded in 1925, the Legion is Canada's largest Veteran support and community service organization. We are a non-profit organization with a national reach across Canada as well as branches in the U.S., Europe and Mexico. With close to 270,000 members, many of whom volunteer an extraordinary amount of time to their branches, our strength is in our numbers.

About VIA Rail Canada
As Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail (viarail.ca) and its 2,899 employees are mandated to provide safe, efficient and economical passenger transportation service, in both official languages of our country. VIA Rail operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking over 400 communities across Canada and about 180 more communities through intermodal partnerships, and safely transports nearly four million passengers annually. The Corporation was awarded five Safety Awards and three Environment Awards by the Railway Association of Canada since 2007. For more information, visit About VIA Rail at www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail.

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