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Dutch couple helps honour Canadian Indigenous soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands

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Near the end of the Second World War, Canadian soldiers helped liberate the people of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.

More than 7,000 of them lost their lives in the eight-month campaign – and are now resting in military cemeteries across the country.

When the tragic history of Canada’s residential school system made international headlines a few years ago, a Dutch couple felt compelled to do something to honour those Indigenous soldiers who fought and died helping alongside their fellow Canadians.

And in September, a delegation of family and community members travelled to the Netherlands to honour 13 of those soldiers.

Heather Yourex-West reports.

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