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Carney touts housing credentials of Vancouver ex-mayor Robertson as he joins cabinet
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Gregor Robertson brings “the type of experience” needed to help tackle Canada’s housing crisis after a decade as the mayor of Vancouver – a period that coincided with sharp increases in the city’s home prices. The new housing and infrastructure minister – who co-founded the Happy Planet organic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney says new cabinet will act with ‘urgency and determination’
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top. Carney named 28 full ministers to cabinet. While some were prominent figures in former prime minister Justin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloc member who lost by 1 vote considers ‘all options’ after report of ballot problem
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Bloc Québécois candidate for the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne says she’s evaluating her options after a judicial recount that saw her lose by a single vote. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné’s statement comes as Elections Canada investigates a possible error involving an uncounted mail-in ballot from a Bloc voter in the Terrebonne riding. Voter Emmanuelle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: One man arrested following fatal shooting in Saint John, N.B.
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B., say one man has been arrested following a shooting Tuesday in the commercial, uptown area of the city. Police say they responded to a report of shots fired at 10:28 a.m. and found a 20-year-old man’s body in a vehicle. They say three male suspects were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebecer who stabbed to death mother and a neighbour found not criminally responsible
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec man who killed his mother and a neighbour in a suburb west of Montreal last year has been found not criminally responsible for the crimes. A Superior Court judge made the decision Monday in the case of 45-year-old Fabio Puglisi, who also seriously injured a third person during a stabbing spree ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils 38-member cabinet in major shakeup
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is giving his cabinet a major shakeup, moving several key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces to the front bench. Carney’s cabinet — 28 full ministers and 10 secretaries of state — retains prominent figures from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police looking for three suspects after man found dead in vehicle in Saint John, N.B.
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B., are looking for three suspects after a 20-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle this morning in the commercial, uptown area of the city. Police say they responded to a report of shots fired at 10:28 a.m. and found a man’s body in a vehicle. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mandy Gull-Masty becomes first Indigenous person to head Indigenous Services
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — For the first time ever, an Indigenous person has been chosen to lead the federal department responsible for providing services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Mandy Gull-Masty, former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, was sworn in this morning as the Indigenous services minister. Gull-Masty replaces longtime minister ... Read More »
1 responseKey portfolios for business community to watch as Carney’s cabinet sworn in
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
Canada’s business community will be monitoring files across various portfolios after Tuesday’s swearing-in of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet. Corporate leaders and business associations say their priorities include holding Carney accountable when it comes to his promise of launching nation-building projects, along with hitting the reset button on the energy and environment files. Here ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six-month lockout ends at Montreal’s storied Queen Elizabeth hotel
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at the storied Montreal landmark. A news release by the hotel says workers voted 91 per cent in favour of a new deal on Monday, after they were locked out by management ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former journalist Evan Solomon named first-ever federal AI minister
By Canadian Press on May 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has created a new artificial intelligence ministry as part of today’s cabinet shuffle, which saw some personnel changes in key ministries. Former journalist Evan Solomon is now the minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation. Solomon was elected for the first time in the April 28 election in the ... Read More »
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