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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Muir

Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of prestigious Canadian honour

The Canadian government has stripped Oscar-winning songwriter-singer Buffy Saint-Marie of her Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours - (Getty Images)

The Canadian government has stripped Oscar-winning songwriter-singer Buffy Sainte-Marie of her Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

Sainte-Marie, 83, best known for her 1964 anti-war anthem “Universal Soldier” and for co-writing the Oscar-winning song “Up Where We Belong”, was awarded the Order of Canada in 1997 for her services to Indigenous Canadians.

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