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The Government of Yukon commemorates veterans this November
November 6, 2023 The Government of Yukon commemorates veterans this November by recognizing Veterans’ Week, National Indigenous Veterans’ Day and Remembrance Day. Veterans’ Week, which takes place this year from November 5 to 11, acknowledges the commitment and service of those who enlisted in the armed forces. During Veterans’ Week, the Yukon government pays tribute […]
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He’s finally being recognized’: Indigenous veterans honoured with military headstones in N.W.T. – CBC
Nov 08, 2022 Last Post Fund marks graves of veterans across Canada A grey headstone stands out in the freshly fallen snow at Lakeview Cemetery in Yellowknife. It belongs to Augustin Beaulieu, a Second World War veteran originally from Fort Resolution, N.W.T., who served with the Canadian Scottish regiment. This is the first National Indigenous […]
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Indigenous veteran honours late father, also a veteran, by having his medals blessed and smudged – CBC
Nov 11, 2021 Floyd Powder is hoping to walk alongside other Indigenous veterans in Ottawa on Nov. 11 Floyd Powder, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, is taking his late father’s medals to Ottawa to have them blessed and smudged by Indigenous veterans. The late Tom Eagle, a Yellowknife-based Indigenous veterans advocate, found the elder Powder’s […]
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