The body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, killed in Wednesday's Ottawa shooting at the National War Memorial, will be transported along the Highway of Heroes from the nation's capital to his home of Hamilton today.
The procession will be leaving Ottawa at 1 p.m. ET and travelling to the Main Street East exit in Hamilton. The procession is expected to arrive in Hamilton around 6 or 7 p.m. Onlookers are already gathering on overpasses outside of Ottawa.
The route:
Highway 416 to 401. Highway 401 to 404. Highway 404 to 407. Highway 407 to 403. Highway 403 to Main Street in Hamilton.
CBC News in Hamilton will share more information as soon as it's available.
Amid an outpouring of grief and remembrances of Cirillo's life, his regiment and hometown are busy working out the logistics for his body's return and for his funeral.
Cirillo's body will be taken to the Markey-Dermody Funeral Home on King Street East. The funeral home said two visitation periods are scheduled, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday. Those are expected to be open to the public.
The funeral is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Tuesday at Christ's Church Cathedral on James St. N. in Hamilton, said Bill Mous from the Anglican Diocese of Niagara. Details of the service are still being planned.
'It's a really difficult time for everybody,' said Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina. 'All of us are getting tremendous input from the public - suggestions, advice, as to what other memorial things could be done.' 
Bratina said he's hearing from Hamiltonians in all corners of the city - near Sherwood Secondary School, in the east end where his family lived - who are working to honour Cirillo's life and service.
Cirillo lived in the Corktown neighbourhood, where Bratina also lives. Bratina said a spontaneous memorial has sprung up in Corktown Park, where Cirillo would bring his dogs. Cirillo's dog Kyah was well-loved by the neighbourhood kids, he said.
'Perhaps all of the necessary logistical preparation is probably easing the grieving portion,' he said.
Bratina and Hamilton Police Services Chief Glenn De Caire will join the procession on behalf of the city and escort Cirillo into Hamilton Friday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements for Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent have not yet been finalized. Vincent was killed Monday when he was struck in a targeted hit and run in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. The 53-year-old had served in the military for 28 years. The RCMP say they have no evidence of a connection between Monday's attack in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Wednesday's shooting in Ottawa.
Share your condolences with the families of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent.
The McMaster Marauders football team is heading to Ottawa to play Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, and the coaching team had been thinking about how it could do something at its game against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees to honour Cirillo.
The team had been thinking about sewing patches on the uniforms, but when it contacted the Argylls, the regiment did one better.
'They said they didn't have anything like that, but they could loan us their regimental flag,' said assistant coach Al Anonech. 'I was taken aback. Well, we'd be honoured to do that.'
The team hasn't decided exactly how it will display the flag before the game, but Anonech said one of the team's 'Hamilton born and bred captains' will carry the flag out.
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