Let’s make Private Jess Larochelle the first recipient of Canada’s Victoria Cross

 The Victoria Cross is Canada’s highest military honour that is awarded to only the bravest and finest of soldiers who show extreme valour and conspicuous bravery in the face of the enemy. First awarded in 1857, it was created at the behest of Queen Victoria to commemorate acts of courage

It’s time to award the Canadian Victoria Cross to Private Jess LaRochelle

  PHOTO VICTORIA CROSS BY DAVID ASH / NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA By Michael Blais CD Canadians acknowledge military valour with three potential decorations. Candidates for the Medal of Military Valour are chosen due to “an act of valor or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.” The Star of