Mike Morris has taken over the jobs from Suzanne Anton, who remains justice minister and attorney general.
The loonie was at 72.96 cents US at one point late in the morning, a decline of 0.4 cent from Thursday's close.
TORONTO — Outfitted in new winter coats and clutching their yawning 16-month-old daughter in the wee hours of Friday morning, a Syrian refugee family on the first large government flight began their new life in Canada — or, as they call it, "paradise."
TORONTO — Ontario is looking to strengthen the requirements for parents who want to exempt school children from vaccines for non-medical reasons.
Health Minister Jane Philpott says an announcement will come very soon to reverse the cuts to refugee health care and, in the meantime, the needs of Syrian newcomers will be covered.
CALGARY — A man who argued he was fending off an attempted sex assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times has been sentenced to seven years in prison.