Gen. David Johnston announced 113 appointments to the second-highest honour for merit in Canada, including editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon, opera singer Barbara Hannigan, businessman Robert Pace and bioethicist Francoise Baylis. Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald is an Order of Canada appointee as "one of Canada's most skilled, empathetic and provocative editorial cartoonists." A new list of Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada was released Thursday morning — and it includes four Nova Scotians. The only higher honour is the Order of Merit, which is personally chosen by the Queen. In a news release from the Governor General, MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald is praised for being "one of Canada's most skilled, empathetic and provocative editorial cartoonists."

Source: CBC News June 30, 2016 12:22 UTC