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CP NewsAlert: Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government has passed a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work to end the largest walkout in Alberta history...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press 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...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 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 ...
Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press 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...
Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press 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...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press 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...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press 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...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press 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...
David Baxter and Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Fans to cheer on Blue Jays from afar as team looks to take World Series lead in L.A.
TORONTO - Crowds of Toronto Blue Jays fans will be cheering from afar as the team looks to take a World Series lead in Los Angeles tonight. Watch parties will be held at the Rogers Centre and Nathan P...
Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

First Nation calls B.C. Premier Eby's comments 'deliberately inflammatory'
The Quw'utsun Nation says public comments by British Columbia Premier David Eby and other politicians about its groundbreaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond, B.C., are "at best, misleading, and at...
Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025
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