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

“En français on dirait que je suis une fan finie; I am such a big fan,” the Governor General said in Vancouver on Thursday.

Canada's "flying Taj Mahal" is getting long in the tooth and may be in line for replacement.

Public education will be vital in making sure Canadians know about forthcoming changes to the lyrics of O Canada that are expected to become official in the coming days, says a longtime champion behind the reforms.

Former governor general Michaelle Jean is blasting U.S. President Donald Trump for reportedly using bluntly vulgar language to describe Haiti and countries in Africa.

Julie Payette has issued a decidedly informal request to Canadians in her first New Years message as governor general — "stay active."

Canada's governor general attacked conspiracy theories and anti-science, praising history as a “very relevant subject, especially in today’s fast-paced world of instant, global communication.”

In July 1925, the State of Tennessee put a substitute biology teacher named John Thomas Scopes on trial for teaching children about evolution in the Tennessee public schools.

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

According to popular Canadian astrologer Georgia Nicols, Canada's Governor General should be doing what she can to "keep the peace" with loved ones today and avoid the "planetary vibe" that is urging people to engage in power struggles and disputes.

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.

David Adams Richards was appointed as part of a new merit-based appointment process the prime minister put in place last year.

Incoming governor general Julie Payette says she's dropping her attempt to block access to documents concerning her 2015 divorce in the United States.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there was nothing that came up during the vetting of Julie Payette that he saw as a reason she shouldn't be Canada's next Governor General.