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His career took flight with a newspaper ad in Ottawa — the same city where he would later help steer the country under Prime ...
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space and a former foreign minister, died Wednesday after a short ...
The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three ...
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Or sign-in if you have an account. Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space who went on to become a high-profile federal politician, has died at 76 years old. Enjoy the latest local, national and ...
Marc Garneau died this week after being diagnosed with two types of cancer earlier this year, his former staffer says. The first Canadian to travel to space and former cabinet minister died on ...
If Marc Garneau wasn’t the beau ideal of Canadian character, accomplishment and aspiration, then he was surely on the short list. Canada’s first astronaut in space, who died on Wednesday at 76 ...
Former astronaut and cabinet minister Marc Garneau has died. He was 76. A statement from his wife, Pam Garneau, says he passed away peacefully after a short illness, surrounded by his family.
OTTAWA — Meili Faille couldn’t believe her ears when she heard the news. Marc Garneau, the first Canadian to have visited space, was preparing to run against her in the 2006 election. A few weeks ...
Marc Garneau, who blazed a trail for Canadians into the cosmos as the first homegrown astronaut to travel to space — and later, spent more than a decade as a parliamentarian — has died at age ...