Canada's newly minted Governor General, Julie Payette, has announced 125 appointments to the Order of Canada in a list that includes famous faces such as William Shatner and Jann Arden as well as two former Supreme Court justices and the Catholic priest Father John Walsh. Since its inception in 1967, almost 7,000 people from all walks of life have been invested into the Order of Canada. Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist Sally Armstrong will be made an Officer of the Order of Canada. "I am very humbled at receiving the order of Canada," he said. The Supreme Court of Canada pictured during Cromwell and LeBel's tenure.

Source: CBC News December 29, 2017 22:04 UTC