Originally published in the Dec. 4, 2025 edition of The Weekly Briefing
Marc Miller has been appointed as the new Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages. Monday’s cabinet shuffle came just days after Steven Guilbeault stepped down from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet, following the announcement of an energy deal between Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Miller, who hails from Quebec, most recently served as the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship under Justin Trudeau. Following Carney’s swearing in this past March, Guilbeault was removed from the Environment portfolio and reassigned as Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, and Parks Canada, in addition to serving as Carney’s Quebec Lieutenant. Guilbeault previously served as Canadian Heritage Minister from Nov. 2019 to Oct. 2021. Read more here.
Melanie Ng has departed CityNews Toronto as her family relocates to Calgary. Ng had most recently been hosting CityNews 24/7 middays. She previously stepped away from Breakfast Television after 11 years in 2022 after first joining CityNews in 2010 as a field reporter.
Kelli Rickard has retired from the Acadia Broadcasting newsroom in Halifax. Rickard’s radio career started in 1986 in Saint John, NB at CFBC, going on to stops in Montreal, Northern Ontario, and Truro, NS. She landed in Halifax in 1992 at CJCH, which led to stints at C100 (CIOO-FM), 780 KIXX (CFLT-FM), 96.5 SUN/KOOL-FM (CKUL-FM), Q104 (CFRQ-FM) and most recently as morning anchor for Acadia’s Hot Country 103.5 (CKHZ-FM) and Surge 105 (CKHY-FM), in addition to its Thunder Bay stations.
Lane Steinhauer, Director of Engineering and Operations at CTV, is among those caught up in the latest round of layoffs at Bell Media. Steinhauer had been with the company for 43 years.
