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Crews are continuing to fight hot spots of smoke and flames in the Paradise Lake area and the Bay d’Espoir Highway in central Newfoundland on Friday. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) Special air quality statements have lifted in areas affected by forest fires in central Newfoundland, as Premier Andrew Furey says the province is …
Read More »Former B.C. premier Christy Clark endorses Jean Charest in Tory race
Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark endorsed Jean Charest on Wednesday to be the next leader of the federal Conservatives, at a time when she says the party is racing to the extremes. She also expressed choice words for a pitch from a front-runner in Alberta’s United Conservative Party leadership contest who …
Read More »Former activist David Eby has ‘a reputation for getting things done’ and clear path to becoming premier
Barring some surprise announcements from outsider candidates, it’s starting to look like a former indie band frontman and outspoken civil liberties advocate will be the next leader of the B.C. NDP — and the provincial government. Attorney General David Eby announced his candidacy for the party’s leadership on Tuesday afternoon, …
Read More »Manitoba premier rehires chief of staff who got $85K to part ways with government a year ago
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has just done something her former boss called “not fair” and “not right” — rehired a chief of staff who received a severance payment from the province in recent memory. Stefanson confirmed last week that Philip Houde, who served as former premier Brian Pallister’s first chief of staff, …
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