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Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marc Garneau is resigning after 15 years in politics in order to fulfil a promise to spend more time with his family.

As proof that life as an astronaut isn't always glamorous, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet, according to NASA.

Members of a neighbourhood patrol group stood on a street in Winnipeg and told Gov. Gen. Julie Payette about how a young woman overdosed in a nearby house.

As he was training in 2004 for his second space flight to help in the construction of the International Space Station, a routine visit to the doctor almost cut short Dave Williams' career as an astronaut.

Governor General Julie Payette says the criticism she is facing at the end of her first year in office is a natural course of events and in a memo to her staff she says they shouldn't let the critics get them down.

Governor General Julie Payette is wishing everyone a happy Canada Day on the country's 151st birthday.

David Saint-Jacques is two-thirds of the way through his training ahead of his flight to the International Space Station in November, the Canadian astronaut said on Saturday, March 3, 2018.

Mars exploration is close enough that Canadian high-school students can dream of setting foot on the red planet, astronaut David Saint-Jacques told a group of Quebec students on Thursday, January 25, 2018.

The developers of Canada's only commercial spaceport are shooting for as many as a dozen rockets to blast off per year from a proposed site near a small community on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.

One month into her new job as Canada's Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science.

Accounting firm Deloitte says former governor general David Johnston has joined the firm as an executive adviser.

After the oaths, cannons outside the Parliament Building crashed out a 21-gun salute, which could be heard inside.

One of the first things Julie Payette will do after being installed as the Queen's representative in Canada is open an Instagram account.

"Now is exactly the time to be talking about extreme weather, climate and resilience," Catherine McKenna told a climate change scientist on Twitter on Monday. "Failing to do so is irresponsible."

Former astronaut Julie Payette will be Canada’s next Governor General, becoming the fourth female to be the monarch’s representative in Canada when she is sworn in later this year.