{"id":284285,"date":"2025-11-15T08:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284285\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:05:15","slug":"gov-gen-mary-simon-released-from-hospital-recovery-from-illness-ongoing-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284285\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Gen. Mary Simon released from hospital, recovery from illness ongoing &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mary-simon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Simon<\/a> has been released from hospital where she was recovering from an illness that forced her to miss this week\u2019s Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, Rideau Hall said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762614923_240_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/governor-general\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">governor general<\/a> will continue her recovery \u201cin residence as she looks forward to resuming the full scope of her duties in due course,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor General and Mr. Whit Fraser are both deeply grateful to the hospital staff for their excellent care and thank Canadians across the country for their many kind messages and well wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Rideau Hall said Monday that Simon, 78, was in hospital due to a respiratory virus and was \u201cdoing well.\u201d It did not specify the virus or say how long the governor general had been in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Richard Wagner filled in for Simon at Tuesday\u2019s ceremony at the National War Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Canadians pause to reflect on Remembrance Day'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/REMEMBRANCE_DAY_SITE_VMS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:22<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCanadians pause to reflect on Remembrance Day\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11522992\/canada-post-strike-holiday-season-2025\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763193914_92_189a15b4-6e37-4650-8ea4-aef6f0040f76.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCould Canada Post workers strike again ahead of holidays? What we know\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11526401\/michigan-returns-rare-edmund-fitzgerald-relic\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763193915_219_Edmund-Fitzgerald.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMichigan returns rare Edmund Fitzgerald relic \u2014 and pays US$600,000\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s statement said Simon was \u201cappreciative for the support\u201d of Wagner, who also serves as the deputy governor general, in filling in during the Remembrance Day ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>It said Wagner will also represent the governor general during next week\u2019s scheduled state visit King\u00a0Carl\u00a0XVI\u00a0Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Simon has served as the King\u2019s representative in Canada since 2021. 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