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By Tara Deschamps Several war memorials previously on display at Hudson\u2019s Bay stores are getting new homes. Plaques from the department store\u2019s Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver locations have all been donated to local branches of the Royal Canadian Legion, said Franco Perugini, a senior vice-president of real estate and legal at the defunct retailer, in a Wednesday email to The Canadian Press. Another memorial commemorating Simpsons employees who died in the Second World War was given to TD Bank, the financial institution revealed the same day. Simpsons is a former department store HBC bought in 1978. The plaques have been in need of a new home since Hudson\u2019s Bay closed all of its stores earlier this year and started winding down the business. The collapse almost immediately caught the attention… <\/p>\n

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By Tara Deschamps Several war memorials previously on display at Hudson\u2019s Bay stores are getting new homes. Plaques from the department store\u2019s Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver locations have all been donated to local branches of the Royal Canadian Legion, said Franco Perugini, a senior vice-president of real estate and legal at the defunct retailer, in a Wednesday email to The Canadian Press. Another memorial commemorating Simpsons employees who died in the Second World War was given to TD Bank, the financial institution revealed the same day. Simpsons is a former department store HBC bought in 1978. The plaques have been in need of a new home since Hudson\u2019s Bay closed all of its stores earlier this year and started winding down the business. The collapse almost immediately caught the attention... <\/p>\n

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