Ontario takes over Peel District School Board, halts plan to lay off 60 teachers
Dave McGinn / theglobeandmail - Government also said it will take over York Catholic District School Board if it fails to address concerns in two weeks
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National summit on extortion crisis to be held in B.C., premier says
Amy Judd / globalnews - Premier David Eby said on Wednesday that the federal government is committing 20 more officers and helicopter support to police in B.C.
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Doug Ford: A Parti Québécois victory would be a ‘disaster’ for Canada
Harry North / montrealgazette - “There has never been a more important time in our history to make sure we act together,” he says as provincial leaders gather in Ottawa.
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Ottawa remains open to deal with Meta to restore news to Facebook, Instagram
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it continues to be open to a deal to bring news back to Meta’s platforms. Meta removed news from Facebook and Instagram in response to the 2023 Online News Act, which the U.S.
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency cutting more than 1,300 jobs, union says
Catherine Morrison / theglobeandmail - More than 10,000 federal public servants have received notices this month warning their jobs may be eliminated
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Union questions why Global Affairs issuing layoff warnings before its policy review
Dylan Robertson, Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - Thousands of employees at Global Affairs Canada have been issued notices warning they may lose their jobs, months before a foreign policy review is completed to give the department updated priorities.
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Corb Lund sees anti-coal mining petition drive re-approved by Elections Alberta
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Elections Alberta says the application to petition the government to pass a prohibition on all new coal exploration or coal mining activities in southern Alberta has been approved.
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Alberta judges urge respect after Smith said she wants to 'direct' them
Jack Farrell, Lisa Johnson / nationalobserver - The province's three chief justices, in a rare public statement, say democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other's role.
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Toronto’s Eglinton LRT could open on Feb. 8, Ford says
theglobeandmail - Construction on the line started 15 years ago and it was originally supposed to open six years ago
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Former MP for Etobicoke North, Kirsty Duncan, passes away after cancer fight
Michael Talbot / citynews - Former Liberal cabinet minister, Kirsty Duncan, has passed away after a years-long battle with cancer. She was 59. Duncan represented the riding of Etobicoke North as MP from 2008 until 2025, winning five consecutive elections. She announced she was takin…
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Why did Carney’s Plains of Abraham speech resonate so poorly in Quebec?
Catherine Lévesque / nationalpost - Carney chose to deliver his speech only in front of media, surrounded by his ministers, in the Citadelle of Quebec, a military fortification that overlooks the Plains of Abraham
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Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.
News Staff / citynews - Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says she has provided conditional approval for the export of Marineland’s remaining beluga whales to the United States. Thompson says in a statement posted on social media that she met with Marineland on Monday a…
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Carney unveils hike to GST credit, other measures targeting affordability
Stephanie Levitz / theglobeandmail - The package includes an increase to the GST credit for five years and $20-million to support food banks
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Executives will be among public service cuts as job notices roll out, deputy ministers say
Bill Curry / theglobeandmail - The government plans to reduce the size of the workforce by 30,000
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U.S. Treasury Secretary questions Carney’s apparent ‘about-face’ on China
Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Scott Bessent also suggested the Canadian prime minister maybe have been 'trying to virtue-signal to his globalist friends' with his ballyhooed Davos WEF speech
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Smith to let the Alberta independence petition play out
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith intends to allow the Alberta independence petition to play out before her government considers intervening to stop the movement, she announced during her radio show on Saturday.
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Quebec Environment Minister Drainville to run for CAQ party leadership
sootoday - Environment Minister Bernard Drainville will enter the race to lead the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and succeed Premier François Legault.
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China’s envoy says Beijing, Ottawa ‘eye to eye’ on supporting Greenland
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - China says it respects Greenland’s sovereignty and seeks a constructive Arctic role, while analysts warn of growing Russia-China cooperation in the region.
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Quebec citizens will be able to keep their Canadian passports, according to PSPP
Jessica Barile / citynews - Citizens of a potential independent Quebec will be able to retain their Canadian citizenship, concluded PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on Friday. He presented the citizenship section of his Blue Book, a comprehensive document intended to answer questi…
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Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing
sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing.
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