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When an advisory committee was tasked with helping to find a new governor general in 2010, it was urged to look closely at each candidate’s “judgment and temperament,” and to be skeptical of “simple celebrity,” a former member says. He thinks the committee should be re-established.
Beat Feuz won this weekend’s second men’s World Cup downhill on the Streif course on Sunday in Kitzbuhel, Austria, repeating his triumph from two days earlier.
CBC News asked Parks Canada wildlife health specialist Dave McRuer, who is based at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, to share some interesting facts about snowy owls, since they have been in the news lately on P.E.I.
Members of the Royal Family are generally reluctant to share many details of their personal health, but a decision by Queen Elizabeth to let it be known she and Prince Philip have received vaccinations to protect them against the coronavirus is likely to be welcomed by those leading U.K. efforts to fight COVID-19.
B.C. is one of the few provinces quietly vaccinating thousands of people deemed essential visitors to loved ones in long-term care homes. But not everyone agrees with the criteria that determines who is essential, and who isn’t.