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Prominent local lawyer had been battling COVID-19 for the past month

Prominent local lawyer had been battling COVID-19 for the past month

Article content On Thursday, Karen Sorensen resigned as mayor of Banff to represent Alberta in Ottawa after being chosen by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon. Sorensen was first elected to local politics in 2004, serving six years as a councillor, before she was elected Banff mayor in 2010, where she served for 11 years. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Kenney outraged over Trudeau's Senate appointment as Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen appointed as independent Back to video “I am humbled and incredibly honoured to be appointed to the Canadian Senate. After 1...

OTTAWA -- New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 64 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constitutional expert who spent several decades as a senior civil servant in New Brunswick, including as a legal adviser to the premier. In a statement, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs highlighted Keating's passion for the law and public policy. "During her career, she worked tirelessly to promote the equal and just treatment of women in the legal profession and in 1993, she became the founder...

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