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The overwhelming reaction to Trudeau's death was on the minds of many Canadian newspaper editors and it named Trudeau "Newsmaker of the Year" in the year 2000. It was the 10th time he received the honour by the Canadian news agency, Canadian Press (CP), surpassing his predecessor, Lester B. Pearson.
He lay in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on March 19–20, followed by laying in repose at St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal on March 21–22. [8] Flags were flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower and all federal buildings and establishments in Canada, from February 29 until sunset on the day of the funeral, March 23, 2024. [9]
The funeral procession of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in Montreal, 1868. The first state funeral in Canada was held for Thomas D'Arcy McGee after his assassination in April 1868. [6] The first Governor General of Canada to receive a state funeral was the Lord Tweedsmuir in 1940, who died in office.
In the week before the funeral, Layton's body was laid in state at Parliament Hill at the House of Commons foyer and was open to the public from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday then at Toronto City Hall on Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. [37] [38] Four Parliamentary security officers were ...
Sum Ying Fung (née Eng, Chinese: 吴如英, 27 January 1899 – 6 December 2011), was a Chinese Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada in 2011. Sum Ying Eng was born in Wing On Village, Yanping, China in 1899. [37] In 1926, she married Chong Lim Fung, who had been working in Canada since 1911.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. Ex-wife of the late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau (born 1948) Margaret Trudeau Trudeau in 2014 Born Margaret Joan Sinclair (1948-09-10) September 10, 1948 (age 76) West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Nationality Canadian Known for Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada ...
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The Ottawa Sun is a daily newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It began publication in 1983 as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by (then) Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988. [2] [3] In April 2015, Sun Media papers were acquired by Postmedia. [4]