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What's the president of the Privy Council do? Five things about the new cabinet
OTTAWA - Five things to note about the new federal cabinet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Wednesday: He has a deputy prime minister Besides being intergovernmental-affairs minister, in charge of ...
Nov 20, 2019
Legault not ruling out a 'Quebec Amazon' to promote local retailers
QUEBEC - Premier Francois Legault is open to the creation of a Quebec version of Amazon, which his economy minister described Wednesday as a way to serve nationalist customers. Leg...
Nov 20, 2019
New signs inform residents of ice thickness
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Parks and Recreation Department has unveiled its newest initiative to help let people know if it is safe to go on the ice.Signs telling people about the thickness o...
Nov 20, 2019 A sign posted at Southride Park Pond lets people know how thick the ice is, and whether it's safe to be on. - Photo by Charles Lefebvre
Civil service union calls on new cabinet to prioritize Phoenix deal, contract
OTTAWA - The country's largest civil-service union isn't waiting for the prime minister to give marching orders to his new cabinet, offering up its own suggestions instead of government priorities in ...
Nov 20, 2019
Reaction and quotes about the new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - What newsmakers said about the new federal cabinet sworn in Wednesday: "We recognize that this Parliament will be one in which collaboration, in which working with a broad range of parti...
Nov 20, 2019
It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...
Nov 20, 2019
The Latest: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils members of his new cabinet
OTTAWA - The latest on the unveiling and swearing-in of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. All times Eastern. 4:20 p.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only thing on his ...
Nov 20, 2019
Attorney General Lametti swears new oath in wake of SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - The swearing-in ceremony for members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet had a new element added Wednesday: a revamped oath for the attorney general and justice minister. David Lametti...
Nov 20, 2019
Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...
Nov 20, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs fire head coach Mike Babcock
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Mike Babcock and replaced him with Sheldon Keefe.Babcock had a record of 9-10-4 in 2019-20 for the struggling Leafs, who are 0-5-1 in their last...
Nov 20, 2019