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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada will have a new prime minister on Friday as Liberal Leader Mark Carney is set to be sworn in. Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, will officially take over from outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Canada’s 24th prime minister at a swearing-in ceremony at 11 a.m. eastern at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will preside over the ceremony, which will also see Carney reveal his cabinet, which sources have told Global News is expected to be a much smaller group than Trudeau’s cabinet.Current…

A powerful teachers’ union has warned a Dutton government “is the biggest risk to the future of this nation” as a $4.8bn education deal hangs in the balance.

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Rubrik — The data management stock popped 18.5%. Rubrik beat Wall Street’s expectations, posting an adjusted loss of 18 cents per share for its fourth quarter, which was narrower than the 39 cent loss expected from analysts polled by LSEG. The company also reported $258 million in revenue, above the consensus estimate of $233 million. Chipotle Mexican Grill — The stock rose about 2% after receiving an upgrade to buy from hold at Loop Capital. The firm believes its recent pullback has created an attractive buying opportunity for investors and said…

PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland Trail Blazers were in Utah on Feb. 24, there was a special meeting after the game. Danny Berger, a 34-year-old former basketball player at Utah State, reconnected with former NBA player and now Blazers assistant coach Ryan Gomes.They met years before in Connecticut at a charity golf tournament held by Gomes, but this meeting before the Jazz game carried some added perspective. In tow with Berger was his wife, Taylor, and two kids, 2 1/2-year-old son Logan and 3-month-old daughter Avery.If it wasn’t for Gomes, Danny Berger likely wouldn’t be here today. No reunion.…

Bangladesh is sheltering more than 1 million Rohingya, members of a persecuted Muslim minority who fled violent purges in neighbouring Myanmar mostly in 2016 and 2017, in camps in the southern Cox’s Bazar district, where they have limited access to jobs or education. Roughly 70,000 fled to Bangladesh last year, driven in part by growing hunger in their home Rakhine state, Reuters has reported. Sabir, a father of five children, said: “We are not allowed to work here. I feel helpless when I think of my children. What will I feed them?” “I hope we are not forgotten. The global…

More than three decades after Formula One engines last roared on African tarmac, South Africa is mounting a bid to organise a new Grand Prix and bring the world championship back to the continent. Competition to host the high-octane spectacle is between two tracks: a street circuit in Cape Town and the less picturesque but historic Kyalami race track outside of Johannesburg. Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring motorsport’s premier event back to Africa. How is the proposed track being decided? A committee set up by South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie will choose the winning bid in…

Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who, by wresting a handgun away from Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was credited with saving the life of President Gerald R. Ford in an assassination attempt in 1975 in California, died on Sunday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 87.His death was announced by his wife, Linda.After leaving the government in 1993, Mr. Buendorf (pronounced BOON-dorf) was the chief security officer for the United States Olympic Committee until he retired in 2018.On Sept. 5, 1975, President Ford spurned his limousine, which was idling outside the Senator Hotel in Sacramento, and, flanked by Secret…

A 17-vehicle crash in Austin, Texas, left five people dead, including a child and an infant, first responders say. The massive pileup involving a semi-truck unfolded late Thursday night along I-35 in the North Austin area, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. The agency said several people were “pinned in their vehicles” following the wreck. “5 patients (3 adults, 1 child, 1 infant) have been pronounced deceased on scene,” Austin-Travis County EMS wrote on X. PLANE CRASHES IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY’S PARKING LOT IN PENNSYLVANIA: OFFICIALS  First responders are seen early Friday, March 14, at the crash scene along I-35 southbound in North Austin. (KTBC)The cause…

Montreal’s metro system will see more police patrols and a crackdown on loitering, transit officials said Thursday, citing the fact the network has become a last-resort shelter for people struggling with drug addiction and mental illness. Executives with the transit agency told reporters that vulnerable people who have slipped through the cracks of the social safety net are spending all day in its tunnels to keep warm. In response, the Société de transport de Montréal will fence off problematic gathering places in metro stations and implement an “obligation of movement” policy until April 30.Éric Alan Caldwell, head of the transit agency’s board…

AFL premiership hopefuls Hawthorn have two wins from as many starts this season after toppling traditional rivals Essendon by 26 points at the MCG.