City To Work On CN Park
CN Park in Dauphin is going to look a lot more...well, like a park.
The City of Dauphin is going to be removing or pruning back some trees and installing LED lighting to make it feel like less of a forest, and more of a park.
City of Dauphin Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Sharla Griffiths says, when it's completed, CN Park will be a lot more open and inviting.
Griffiths says no sections of the park should be blocked off for more than a couple of days at a time while work is being done.
Griffiths says work on the park will be done over the next three years. No official estimates on the cost of the project are available at this time.
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Winnipeg MP Pulls Out Of Speaker Race
A Liberal member of Parliament who was vying for the Speaker's chair has dropped out of the race following comments he made at a town hall meeting in his Winnipeg riding.
Robert-Falcon Ouellette told constituents at the event on Saturday that former Speakers told him the job allows for "great influence'' with the prime minister.
Ouellette said Speakers have influence because they control debate, and prime ministers want to keep them happy.
In a statement yesterday, Falcon says he's withdrawing his name from consideration as Speaker and regrets any impression he gave of the job during the meeting.
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MP's Set To Return To Work
Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc is expecting a different kind of Parliament to show itself when MP's return to work this week in Ottawa.
LeBlanc says he gets that feeling after speaking with his Conservative and New Democrat counterparts, noting he's been sensing a lot of good will to open Parliament with ``collegiality and good faith.''
The Trudeau Liberals will unveil a throne speech later this week that will outline the government's legislative plans, which are expected to include tax relief for the middle-class.
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Trudeau At Climate Summit
Some 150 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are joining the UN's Secretary-General today in kicking off two weeks of climate talks near Paris.
The world leaders will each be stating what their countries are doing to slow climate change.
Conference organizers are hopeful a new accord will be reached to cut emissions that are warming the planet.
Trudeau will also take part in an event with US President Barack Obama where 20 countries are expected to pledge billions of dollars toward clean technology innovation in an alliance with some of the world's highest-profile private sector investors.
