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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press LOCAL STDUP - Merchant Navy Day Enoch Lee, Padre for the Canadian Chaplin services for the 17th wing, reads a prayer of honour for those who served in the Merchant Navy during Merchant Navy Day service at the Cenotaph on Memorial Blvd., Wednesday. MANITOBA COMMEMORATES MERCHANT NAVY DAY. A total of 1,500 Canadians serving in the Canadian Merchant Navy perished, and 59 Canadian Merchant Navy ships were all lost during the Second World War. A service of remembrance in honour of those who served in Canada’s Merchant Navy was held at the Cenotaph on Memorial Blvd. At 11am Wednesday. Canada’s Merchant Navy was vital to the Allied victory over Germany in WW2. Over 12,000 men and women served in the fleet, completing over 25,000 Atlantic crossings to deliver food, military equipment, and personnel. Sept 3rd,, 2025