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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Lieutenant Governor Anita R. Neville is presented with the first poppy of this year’s annual Royal Canadian Legion fundraiser by Comrade Ernie Tester, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Command, at Government House on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The legion’s poppy campaign always begins on the last Friday of October, and the poppy blossoms on the lapels and collars of more than 19 million Canadians. Winnipeg Free Press 2023.