B.C. Interior residents receive awards from Governor General
VANCOUVER — Nine residents from the B.C. Interior are among more than 150 Canadians being recognized with awards from the Governor General for their excellence, courage and dedication to service.
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Cadet Corporal Shannon Young was presented with a Medal for Bravery by Governor General David Johnston. On May 17, 2012 a distraught man stormed into her family’s home on Cannel Drive in Kamloops and took Shannon’s mother hostage. Then 13 years old, Shannon hid her younger sister and a friend in an upstairs room until it was safe to guide them out.