Penticton Indian Band member honoured through Remembrance Day Sentry program
swʔw̓ikist (Cpl. Justin George) is an Eagle Staff carrier with a duty to support fellow Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Armed Forces.
National War Memorial
“This is my proudest day of the year” Aboriginal war vets pay respect at National Ceremony in Ottawa
As tens of thousands of Canadians and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to Canada’s veterans and war dead at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, just a block away a few hundred people gathered at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument.
RCMP officers ‘not on full alert’ sitting in cruisers while monitoring Parliament Hill, says former deputy commissioner
The RCMP’s “system of coverage” for Parliament Hill failed last Wednesday when a lone gunman carrying a 30-30 Winchester, lever action rifle managed to run onto the grounds, hijack a ministerial car, drive it to the Peace Tower, park and enter through the front doors without any interference.