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Publishing date: Jan 26, 2021 • January 26, 2021 • 3 minute read • Former astronaut Julie Payette (R) and Canada s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take part in a news conference announcing Payette s appointment as Canada s next governor general, in the Senate foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 13, 2017. Photo by Chris Wattie /Reuters
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Even our heroes can be jerks
When Julie Payette became governor general, I was so pleased. We had a bona fide hero representing Canada.
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LONDON (AP) In 1948, John Peake won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in London. In 2021, also in London, he struck what many would consider gold, receiving his first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Amid growing concerns over rising COVID outbreaks at nursing homes in Britain, the 96-year-old was one of the 45 residents at Wimbledon Beaumont Care Community in southwest London to receive the vaccine Wednesday developed by the University of Oxford and British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
“I’m glad to have it and I appreciate the fact that it has come to this place early,” he told The Associated Press after receiving his jab.
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LONDON - In 1948, John Peake won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in London. In 2021, also in London, he struck what many would consider gold, receiving