Vimy Ridge observance edging into weirdness

The battle is now marked with more pageantry than when Vimy Ridge veterans were alive. When 17 Canadian combat survivors held their last reunion in France in 1998, there was no blanket TV coverage.

Vimy observances are edging into weirdness.

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