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Julie Payette returns to space
Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory...
View ArticleHow I spent my summer vacation
What do famous Canadians—including Harper, Layton and Crosby—do when it gets hot? They don their shorts and hit the dock. The post How I spent my summer vacation appeared first on Macleans.ca.
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Guy Laliberté’s space concert, Sarah Palin’s revenge, and a tribute for the...
Just add water His Cirque du Soleil shows are a staple in Las Vegas, one of the planet’s most profligate users of water, but space tourist and Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberté is on a self-described...
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Post-Throne Speech party
After the Throne Speech, folks gathered in the Hall of Honour. Below, Auditor General Sheila Fraser (left) and Tory Senator Nancy Ruth. . Conservative Senator Partrick Brazeau. . Vancouver Mayor Gregor...
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The first wives club plays safe
Ozer Kayhan/AP As mayhem erupted on Toronto streets on Sunday, the spouses of G20 leaders were above the fray quite literally—ferried more than 800 m up to the revolving restaurant atop the CN Tower....
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An astronaut’s advice for students
NASA on Wikimedia Commons The 2013 Maclean’s University Rankings asked some of Canada’s most successful writers, politicians and scientists what they wish they’d known in university. Their answers are...
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Julie Payette overcame doubts, disadvantages to become astronaut
NASA MONTREAL – Five years after her final flight, retired astronaut Julie Payette admits she had doubts she would ever fly as she watched the Americans send astronauts to the moon in the late 1960s...
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What’s the scariest part about being in space?
Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory...
View ArticleCanada’s next governor general: Julie Payette?
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to reveal Canada’s next governor general Thursday with an announcement outside the doors of the Senate. Multiple officials say that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
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Her Majesty’s astronaut
Canadian astronaut Julie Payette of Montreal stands with Governor General David Johnston after she was invested into the Order of Canada as Officer during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Friday...
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Julie Payette named Governor General
OTTAWA – Former astronaut Julie Payette will be Canada’s next Governor General. Payette will become the 29th person to hold the position, and the fourth female to be the monarch’s representative in...
View ArticleMeet Julie Payette, Canada’s next governor general
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View ArticleTrudeau says Payette vetting raised no issues to disqualify her as GG
BARRIE, Ont. – 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. Trudeau...
View ArticleJulie Payette to be installed as governor general today
OTTAWA – One of the first things Julie Payette will do after being installed as the Queen’s representative in Canada is to open an Instagram account. Her predecessor, David Johnston, never had one....
View ArticleJulie Payette installed as governor general: Live stream
Watch as former astronaut Julie Payette is installed as Canada’s 29th governor general. MORE ABOUT JULIE PAYETTE: Julie Payette to be installed as governor general today Trudeau says Payette vetting...
View ArticlePayette scoffs at climate change skeptics during science conference
OTTAWA – One month into her new job as Canada’s Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science. Payette was the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Canadian Science Policy...
View ArticleJulie Payette takes on junk science—and tests the limits of her job title
On Wednesday evening, Governor General Julie Payette said a few things that are true—and a controversy broke out. In a speech to the Canadian Science Policy Convention this week, the viceregal...
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The risky tag team of Julie Payette and Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bowes to the new the Governor general Julie Payette at the senate in Ottawa, Ontario, Oct. 2, 2017. (LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images) When I came to Ottawa to cover...
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Payette praises religious tolerance in New Brunswick speech
Former astronaut Julie Payette takes part in a news conference announcing her appointment as Canada’s next governor general, in the Senate foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 13,...
View ArticleWhy cabinet shuffles are a lot like weddings and graduations
The installation of new ministers to the federal cabinet unfolds a lot like those other occasions when a bunch of nicely dressed people who are mostly strangers to one another but have a rooting...
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