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BCE adds Prentice to Board

MONTREAL - Former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice is joining the board of directors at BCE and Bell Canada.First elected to the House of Commons for Calgary Centre North in 2004, Prentice held a variety of Cabinet posts from 2006 through November 2010, including Minister of Industry, Chair of the Operations Committee of Cabinet, and Minister of the Environment. He is currently senior executive vice-president and vice chairman of CIBC."Jim Prentice has a well-established reputation for insight and integrity built on his many years of strategic experience in Canadian business and government that will serve BCE shareholders very well," said Thomas...