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Canada apologizes for honoring another veteran from unit that fought with Nazis (forward.com)

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The representative of King Charles III in Canada expressed ‘deep regret’ for giving elite awards to Peter Savaryn, the former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served with SS Galichina during World War II.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago

Put away the pitchforks... sort of.

This happened in the 80s. It's just that it's getting an apology now that there's scrutiny.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ok thank you I needed that.

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