News from North America

David Johnston sworn in as the Queen's representative in Canada
David Johnston, a 69 year old from Northern Ontario has been sworn is as the new governor general for Canada.

For those of you who don't know, the governor - general of canada is in charge of doing the Queen of England's duty in Canada. The interesting thing is that he is the son of a hardware store owner, and he has risen up to be Canada's governor general.

Johnston replaces Michaelle Jean, who is now the UN Envoy to Haiti, where she is from.