CBC Manitoba: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew brings 3 new ministers into cabinet in minor shuffle
November 15, 2024 —Christopher Adams, a political scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba, said historically premiers start with a smaller cabinets and over time expand them, but he said it is unusual for a premier to add three new faces to his inner circle one year after being elected. Adams said one of the reasons might be an electoral strategy to hold on to seats for future elections, and being a cabinet minister helps candidates in being re-elected. But he said cabinet is also built and shuffled to represent different parts of society. To read the entire about the shuffle, please visit the link here with CBC Manitoba.
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November 15, 2024 20:24 UTC
Outgoing Regina mayor cancels Palestinian flag raising at city hall
An official Palestinian flag-raising ceremony planned at Regina city hall for Friday is not going ahead, according to the city. A Thursday afternoon email from the City of Regina said, At the direction of Mayor Sandra Masters, the flag raising and ceremony for Palestine that had been planned for tomorrow, Friday November 15, will not proceed. Requests must be reviewed by the office of the city clerk and meet the criteria set out in its guidelines. Regina city council heard from several delegations this summer after Israel's flag was flown at city hall April 13-14, 2024, to mark its national day of independence. Ultimately, the decision was referred back to the city clerk for recommendations on how to proceed.
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November 15, 2024 20:15 UTC
New jail planned for Kemptville moves forward
New jail planned for Kemptville moves forwardNewsDuration 2:30The province has announced a $21-million dollar contribution to the town's water treatment plant it says is needed before the it can move ahead with plans for a new 235 bed correctional facility.
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November 15, 2024 18:13 UTC
As Canada leads a beefed-up NATO force near Russia’s border, the alliance prepares for Trump
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November 15, 2024 17:50 UTC
Joy, tears and deafening applause as Taylor Swift takes Toronto
Joy, tears and deafening applause as Taylor Swift takes TorontoNewsDuration 3:59Tens of thousands of ecstatic Taylor Swift fans rejoiced as the pop superstar played an hours-long set at Toronto’s Roger Centre in the first of six sold-out concerts.
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November 15, 2024 17:44 UTC
Check out Santa's new float for this weekend's parade
Check out Santa's new float for this weekend's paradeNewsDuration 3:47After 45 years, Santa is getting a new float for Saturday's K-W Santa Claus parade. Organizers with the Lions Club of Kitchener teamed up with Conestoga College's School of Trade and Apprenticeship to bring the festive float to life. CBC K-W's Karis Mapp reports.
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November 15, 2024 17:03 UTC
Nunavut Environment minister resigns for personal reasons
MLA Daniel Qavvik’s resignation marks 6th departure from cabinet since 2021Nunavut’s Environment minister has resigned from cabinet. A new release issued Thursday evening said Daniel Qavvik resigned for personal reasons on Wednesday. Qavvik, who was appointed minister of Environment in September 2023, was also the minister of Culture and Heritage, and minister responsible for energy, and languages. Akeeagok will take over as minister of Culture and Heritage and minister responsible for languages. Minister David Joanasie will take over the Environment portfolio, and also become minister responsible for energy.
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November 15, 2024 16:46 UTC
What if Trump is right on trade?
For years Trump has said free trade has been a disaster for American workers; a sentiment shared by many in his inner circle. In his book No Trade is Free, Trump's former trade representative Robert Lighthizer says what was once a nearly unanimous Washington consensus on free trade is now dead. Trump, from an American point of view, has been proven right, said trade lawyer Mark Warner, a principal at MAAW Law in Toronto. But he spends multiple chapters on China and what he sees as the lunacy of entering free trade deals with an adversary. Trade experts say upending decades of international trade deals comes with no small amount of risk.
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November 15, 2024 16:16 UTC
CBC Leaders Debate Recap
Last night, CBC held the first Leaders Debate of the election. Our leader, Zach Churchill faced off against the PC and NDP leaders, and defended our plan to provide a Better Deal for Nova Scotians. The NDP leader presented their shortsighted plan full of pie in the sky ideas that aren’t thought out. The NDP leader showed her narrow focus on the issues that matter to her – but not to all Nova Scotians. The NDP and PC leaders had one thing in common: they’ve prepared a number of half-measures for Nova Scotians.
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November 15, 2024 16:09 UTC
Hordes of giant rats are a problem, say Cape Breton residents
Hordes of giant rats are a problem, say Cape Breton residentsNewsDuration 2:05Rats are becoming bigger both in size and numbers, say some Sydney residents. And they want something done about the trash-eating critters. Erin Pottie has the story.
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November 15, 2024 16:03 UTC
Boissonnault faces new scrutiny over his statements on family’s Indigeneity – CBC
Boissonnault faces new scrutiny over his statements on family’s Indigeneity – CBCNov 15, 2024Employment minister says he’s not Indigenous — experts say past statements appear contradictoryEmployment Minister Randy Boissonnault is set to face a new round of questions over his business dealings and family history at a parliamentary committee in the wake of a report that his former company claimed to be “Indigenous owned” when bidding for federal contracts in 2020. The minister and Edmonton MP has been tied up in multiple probes into past business dealings for months. The medical supplies company he co-founded, Global Health Imports (GHI), became mired in lawsuits, scandal and probes into whether Boissonnault continued to work with the company after becoming a cabinet minister — which would be illegal. Boissonnault has denied all allegations and has claimed his former business partner, Stephen Anderson, was working without his consent to “advance his personal interests.”Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boissonnault-metis-claims-1.7383775
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November 15, 2024 15:56 UTC
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu – CBC
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu – CBCWays to try to stay safe from bird flu virusNov 14, 2024A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are most commonly found, avian viruses are naturally found in birds. H5N1 is a highly transmissible and usually mild disease in geese, swans and seagulls as well as domestic birds such as chickens and turkeys. Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg sequenced the genome of the virus from the infected B.C. The tests showed the version of the virus is related to the avian influenza viruses from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in B.C., the Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday.
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November 15, 2024 15:22 UTC
Province says 6 more MDs joining Health P.E.I., including 4 associate physicians – CBC
Province says 6 more MDs joining Health P.E.I., including 4 associate physicians – CBCOncologist, internal medicine physician, physician assistant also being hiredNov 14, 2024The province said it has hired four associate physicians, one physician assistant and two specialists, most of them starting work next year, as it continues to recruit heavily to ease P.E.I.’s health-care crunch. Health Minister Mark McLane said the department has had some success over the past 12 months, with 37 physicians hired in a calendar year that saw about 14 retiring or otherwise leaving the P.E.I. In comparison, Health P.E.I. hired 24 physicians in 2023. For the first time ever, McLane said, associate physicians and physician assistants are joining the provincial health care system.
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November 15, 2024 15:17 UTC
The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars site at bankruptcy auction
The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars site at bankruptcy auctionNewsDuration 2:00Satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction. The bid was backed by families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that Jones called a hoax.
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November 15, 2024 15:11 UTC