Pop singer Avril Lavigne knighted in the Order of Canada

Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne has been formally inducted into the Order of Canada, the second-highest hono(u)r in the Canadian state's Order of Merit.

The Order of Canada was created to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Canadian Confederation in 1967, under the guidance of Queen Elizabeth II, who was then the reigning monarch of last remaining British commonwealth on the North American continent. — Read the rest

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