Western Canada keeps close eye on federal cabinet appointments

CALGARY — As the separatist sentiment continues in the prairies, members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new federal cabinet will take aim at improving national unity. Toronto MP Chrystia Freeland, who was born in Alberta, takes on the role of deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs. It means the former foreign affairs minister is now tasked with working with Canada’s premiers, including conservative-minded leaders in the west. “[Trudeau] has ba