Notice was posted on the government’s official publication late Friday that Governor General Mary Simon had cancelled Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada through an order she signed in early January.

Naming prominent hockey trophies after former Governors General is nothing new. In fact, the Stanley Cup was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston, Canada’s sixth Governor General. Lord Byng was a ...

Sainte-Marie is only the ninth person to be expelled from the Order of Canada in its more than 50-year history, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General confirmed. The announcement ...