canada's new governor general

Paul Martin has officially named the next Governor General, to replace Adrienne Clarkson at the end of September: Haitian-born Québecoise Michaëlle Jean, host of such fine CBC/RDI programming as The Passionate Eye and Grands Reportages. [The CBC rocks.] From Michaëlle Jean on Wikipedia:

"Jean will be Canada's first Black Governor General, the third woman — after Adrienne Clarkson and Jeanne Sauvé, the fourth youngest person ... and the fourth journalist to hold the position, as well as the second non-political and civilian to hold a traditional military post."

Read the full entry here; more from the Globe and Mail here.