The Afghanistan Veterans Association of Canada yesterday petitioned Rideau Hall to award the Victoria Cross to a Nipissing, Ont. man, Jess Larochelle. Advocates noted there was precedent in reconsidering nominees for an award so rare no Canadian has won it in 77 years: “The guy had a broken back and single-handedly fought off forty Taliban.”
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