A day after CBC News revealed a Royal Canadian Legion branch in Alberta counts members of the far-right group Soldiers of Odin among its ranks, the national Legion said it would be investigating those links. Thomas Irvine, national president of the Royal Canadian Legion, says his organization has launched an investigation into how the Soldiers of Odin were allowed to host a dinner at a Legion branch in Grande Prairie, Alta. Not a surpriseTony Keene, an Armed Forces veteran and a member of the Legion in Ontario, said it was hardly the first time the national Legion has responded to controversy at local branches. Irvine warned there could be repercussions for the Grande Prairie Legion, depending on what's revealed in the investigation. Irvine said national command had instructed the Alberta leadership to tell Grande Prairie not to hold the event.

Source: CBC News May 04, 2019 00:56 UTC