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Leaders offer condolences after D-Day Veteran, Indigenous Advocate Philip Favel passes away
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Indigenous and military leaders are among those offering condolences and paying tribute to WWII veteran and Indigenous advocate Philip Favel.
Born in 1922 in Prongua, on the Sweetgrass First Nation, Favel was working on his father’s farm as a labourer when he joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1942, at the age of 20. After his training at the No. 121 Canadian Army Training Centre in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan and in England, Favel was sent to France to take part in Operation Overlord.
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