Lieutenant-governor welcomes public to New Year's Day levee

Dressed in their best, people of all ages queued Monday to meet Lt-Gov. Lois Mitchell at Government House for the annual New Year’s Day levee. 
While they waited, members of the public signed a postcard of thanks and encouragement to Canadian soldiers serving overseas, and oohed and aahed at the holiday decorations and Downton Abbey-esque building.
“We are in a world where having accessibility to the government is becoming harder and harder,” said James Smibert, who moved