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.
swʔw̓ikist (Cpl. Justin George) is an Eagle Staff carrier with a duty to support fellow Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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.
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.
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