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flag Veterans urge Canada to award Victoria Cross for first time since 1993.

flag Veterans and MPs are urging the Canadian government to establish a review board to finally award the country's highest military honour, the Canadian Victoria Cross, which has never been given despite being created in 1993. flag Led by former Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier, the group is calling for a review of Private Jess Larochelle, a soldier who saved his platoon during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan in 2006, arguing his actions merit the highest decoration.

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