Canadian Press NewsAlert: Conrad Black ousted from Order of Canada

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Conrad Black speaks to the Calgary Enterprise Forum in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 10, 2013. Black, who was convicted in the U.S. and served a prison sentence there, has been removed from the Order of Canada effective immediately, says the Governor General. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

OTTAWA – Conrad Black, who was convicted in the U.S. and served a prison sentence there, has been removed from the Order of Canada effective immediately, says the Governor General.

Black has also been stripped of his position in the Privy Council of Canada, at the recommendation of Prime Minister Stepehen Harper.

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