After putting their music to work for more than three decades, the surviving members of the Tragically Hip received one of Canada's top honours on Friday: appointments to the Order of Canada. They received the distinction of members of the order. Alex Trebek on his Order of Canada honour9:24"From hockey to history, the band's lyrical references to Canadian topics created a sense of what it's like to love — and live in — this country," said Rideau Hall. The Sudbury-born Trebek became an officer of the Order of Canada for instilling "a love of learning in millions of people around the world. Off-camera, he is a champion of geographic literacy in the United States and Canada through his work with their geographic societies."

Source: CBC News November 17, 2017 13:59 UTC