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It’s been more than three weeks since elder Carolyn King from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation was appointed to the Order of Canada.
“I’m a bit overwhelmed that someone thought to nominate me at that level,” she said in an interview on the weekend.
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King, 71, said she was “pleasantly surprised” to find out about her appointment to the order, one of the nation’s highest honours that, since 1967, has added more than 7,000 names. Appointments are announced by the governor general.