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OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Hello everyone. I am Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, and I am speaking to you from Rideau Hall, in Ottawa.
If these were normal times, right now most people would be busy planning gatherings for the holiday season. They would be organizing outings and visits, and family reunions, and New Year parties.
Holiday Message to the Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Foreign Service
But this year, everything is different.
The world has been battling a deadly virus for 9 long months. There has been a lot of suffering and we mourn those who have passed. But we are not out of the woods yet, and we must keep our guards up, stay distanced and remain patient. But thanks to science, we now see the light at the end of the tunnel. We will meet again.
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The tables turned on fitness trainers who vowed to do a burpee for everyone dollar raised for charity at an event on Saturday morning.
Fitstop Warana’s tight-knit community of fitness lovers sweated it out to support Sunshine Coast families doing it tough this season.
As well as donating $10 to participate, members got revenge on their trainers by paying a ‘buck for a burpee’.
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OTTAWA, Dec. 16, 2020 /CNW/ - Six Canadians made history yesterday when they were invested into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, in the first virtual Canadian honours presentation. The online ceremony was organized to present the insignia of the Order to
1 Companion, 1 Officer and 4 Members whose loved ones added a beautiful personal touch by taking an active role in the presentation of the insignia.
Organized in response to public health constraints limiting gatherings, the virtual investiture was the first of its kind in the history of Canadian honours. In-person investiture ceremonies will resume when it is safe to do so. In the meantime, virtual honours ceremonies are being explored as a valuable alternative, in order to recognize excellence in a timely fashion.