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Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 28, 2025
In the news today: Alberta passes bill on teacher strike
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike Premier Danielle Smith's government ha...
Oct 28, 2025
Prime Minister Carney's visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Mark Carney met with potential investment partners in Singapore on Tuesday as his first official visit to Asia entered its second phase. The brief stopover in Singapore come...
Oct 28, 2025
Sanctions-evading Russian oil ships could pollute the Arctic, PM's adviser warns
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's allies are praising Ottawa's work on preventing Russia from smuggling oil through concealed ships - ships that Ottawa fears could someday unleash an environmental cataclysm i...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta uses Charter's notwithstanding clause to order striking teachers back to work
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government introduced a bill Monday using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work to end the largest walkout in Alberta ...
Oct 27, 2025
Whale watch firm 'devastated,' says its boat could have hit humpback later found dead
A British Columbia whale watching company says it is "devastated" by the discovery of a dead humpback whale that it believes could have been struck by one of its vessels. Fisheries and Oceans Canada s...
Oct 27, 2025
Health Canada authorizes long-awaited drug to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease
TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Lecanemab is the first medication approved in Canada that targets the buildup of amyloid plaque in t...
Oct 27, 2025
Eby says he'll keep lobbying for slain woman's family, who wanted more from bail law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government was not done yet advocating for the family of Kelowna woman Bailey McCourt, whose ex-husband was charged with murdering her hours afte...
Oct 27, 2025
David Eby says British Columbia's anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with anti-tariff advertisements aimed at the American public, days after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed a campai...
Oct 27, 2025
Ottawa hopes Canadian labour will support building agenda, Hajdu says
OTTAWA - The federal government wants to use "as much Canadian labour as possible" to achieve its infrastructure and homebuilding ambitions, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday. Hajdu announced that...
Oct 27, 2025
