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Canadian officials said a Thursday meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was constructive and lowered temperatures amid the ongoing trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump last month — but they expected no immediate changes to punishing tariffs. 

"This was a constructive discussion," said Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne in Washington. "We have our disagreements, but as long as you have dialogue you are making progress."

Mark Carney will be sworn in as prime minister this morning at Rideau Hall, where he will also reveal his new cabinet.

Carney won the Liberal leadership race last weekend with an overwhelming 86 per cent of the votes from Liberal members.

He officially takes over from Justin Trudeau as prime minister in today's ceremony.

His first cabinet is expected to be smaller than Trudeau's 37-member team, and some ministers are set to lose their positions.

Despite the growing concern about Canadian-U.S. relations and tariffs and how this affects Canadian markets, the International Peace Garden continues to stand for what's important and that's peace between our two countries.

Peace Garden CEO Tim Chapman says they welcome guests from both sides of the border as the Garden truly stands in the center of the two countries, with the Canada/U.S. border running right through the center of the Garden.

The Deloraine-Winchester Heritage Society is working on another project to bring local history to life, this being in partnership with the Deloraine area Bell family to allow the 140+-year-old bank vault more accessible to the public as a heritage site.

But first, a bit of history ....

Assiniboine College has been named one of Manitoba's Top Employers, being recognized for their comprehensive benefits and supportive work environment.

"Key highlights include our defined benefit pension plan, investment in employee education and development, top-up benefits for maternity and parental leave, on-site child-care, and family friendly leave benefits," says Julie Muller, Director, Human Resources at Assiniboine College.

Muller says this recognition speaks to the dedication towards a healthy work environment for our employees, and there for their students. 

A devastating fire engulfed and destroyed Grace St. John's Anglican Lutheran Church early Thursday morning (March 13), leaving the building a total loss.

At 4:10 a.m., Carman Dufferin Fire Department was dispatched to reports of a structure fire. Deputy Fire Chief Joey McElroy described the urgency of the response.

Global Affairs says it can't intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman's mother has described conditions as "inhumane and deeply concerning."

Alexis Eagles said her daughter, Vancouver businesswoman and former actress Jasmine Mooney, is being detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in the same cell.

A health-care group that represents physicians in Manitoba is renewing calls to eliminate sick notes for short-term absences from work as the process puts a burden on a health-care system already burdened by a shortage of family doctors. 

Doctors Manitoba says physicians write roughly 600,000 sick notes per year and by eliminating them it can free up more than 300,000 visits for patients. 

The organization released survey data suggesting well over 90 per cent of Manitobans, including the public and employers, support eliminating or limiting sick notes. 

The Manitoba government is entering new territory with a plan to crack down on election disinformation and fine people up to $20,000 a day if offending material is not removed, a veteran political analyst said Wednesday.

The Construction Association of Rural Manitoba (CARM) and Assiniboine College’s School of Trades are once again joining forces today, to host the 3rd Annual Trades Summit.

Media Release - Assiniboine College

Held at the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology on the college’s North Hill campus, the event welcomes approximately 350 high school students from nearly twenty schools across Manitoba.

Throughout the day, students take in in an employer tradeshow and participate in hands-on "try-a-trade" sessions.