Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue and violinist Lara St. John are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada on Friday.
Moir and Virtue, from Ilderton and London respectively, catapulted to national stardom with their gold-medal performances at the Winter Olympics in 2018. RELATED: Girls Are Twice As Likely Than Boys To Stop Playing Sports.
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The pair account for two-thirds of the honourees from the London, Ont., region. View link » Gov. Gen. Julie Payette’s office announced the new honourees Friday morning, which also includes Lara
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