TORONTO

Ryan Russell added to honour wall before ceremony

The Canadian Press Published Friday, April 29, 2011 8:04AM EDT

The Toronto Police Service released this undated photo of Sgt. Ryan Russell, 35, his two-year-old son Nolan and his wife Christine.

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TORONTO - The 12th annual Ceremony of Remembrance for Ontario's fallen police officers will take place Sunday morning at Queen's Park.

The names of all 248 fallen officers will be read aloud, beginning at 10 a-m, by two of the latest graduates from the Ontario Police College.

Police pipe bands will then lead officers from across Ontario and the United States in a march around Queen's Park.

Premier McGuinty and Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Jim Bradley will be among those attending.

The memorial is in a small park adjacent to the Ontario Legislature, and was dedicated on May 7th, 2000.

Seven names have been added to the Wall of Honour this year -- Toronto Sergeant Ryan Russell, Elgin County Constable Harry Fordham, Canadian National Railway Constable Robert Mahlig, Toronto Constable Edward Knox, East York Township Police Chief Thomas McCann, Port Arthur Police Chief Angus Joseph McLellan, and Kingston Sergeant Samuel James Arniel.