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'This fight has just begun': Alberta's back-to-work bill passes through legislature, teachers vow legal action

Matthew Black / edmontonjournal - Bill 2, the Back to School Act, passed third reading in the early hours of Tuesday with the intent of returning students and teachers to classrooms by Wednesday


Government Action & Legal Measures

What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining the rarely used provision

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

4 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

Opinion: Invoking notwithstanding clause a slippery slope for Alberta

4 months / edmontonjournal / Bill Mah, Edmonton Journal

Danielle Smith Brings Down the Hammer on Alberta’s Teachers

4 months / thetyee / David Climenhaga

Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to put end to teacher strike

4 months / nationalobserver / Lisa Johnson, Jack Farrell


Political & Public Opinion

New Leger poll gives UCP government failing grade in wake of strike

4 months / edmontonjournal / Jackie Carmichael

'Reputational challenges': New poll shows public support for Smith, UCP has dipped amid teachers' strike

4 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

NDP leadership hopefuls line up to condemn Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause to end teachers’ strike

4 months / nationalpost / Rahim Mohamed


School Reopening Logistics

Schools to reopen Wednesday: Everything you need to know about the return to classrooms

4 months / calgaryherald / Devon Dekuyper

Alberta students expected to return to the classroom Wednesday

4 months / globalnews / Ken MacGillivray

School to resume Wednesday, but it won't be back to normal immediately say Calgary school boards

4 months / calgaryherald / Devika Desai


Union Resistance & Reactions

Bell: Danielle Smith outfoxes Alberta teachers but they to vow to fight on

4 months / calgaryherald / Rick Bell

Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work

4 months / calgaryherald / Don Braid, Calgary Herald

Labour leaders meet to explore options after Alberta orders teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

'This fight has just begun': Alberta's back-to-work bill passes through legislature, teachers vow legal action

4 months / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Alberta teachers say the fight has just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill

4 months / nationalobserver / Lisa Johnson

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 10:23 am / permalink 15487 / 16 stories in 4 months


'A very dark day for education': Teachers, parents worry over province's back-to-work legislation

Noah Brennan / calgaryherald - 'I really want to go back to work; however, this legislation is not going to help our students,' said one Calgary teacher


Legislative drive and political clashes

Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause, orders striking teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail

Bell: Danielle Smith figures Albertans back deep-sixing teacher strike

4 months / calgaryherald / Rick Bell

Alberta uses notwithstanding clause in bill ordering teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

'Historic day and not in a good way': Nenshi and Smith clash in first question period at Alberta legislature

4 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Alberta government expected to legislate teachers back to work

4 months / rabble / Gabriela Calugay-Casuga


Protests and broader media snapshots

Morning Update: Stuck between Trump’s tariffs and Xi’s terms

4 months / theglobeandmail / Danielle Groen

Rally for defending public education got a bigger crowd than the one for Alberta separation

4 months / rabble / David J. Climenhaga


Union and educator backlash

Letters, Oct. 28, 2025: ‘For members of the ATA, you should be thankful for what you have’

4 months / calgarysun / Jeffrey Morgan

Alberta teachers say fight just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Alberta’s plan to force teachers back to work expected to further inflame dispute

4 months / globalnews / Ken MacGillivray

Braid: Tension rising as UCP introduces school bill, labour unions fume

4 months / calgaryherald / Don Braid, Calgary Herald

'A very dark day for education': Teachers, parents worry over province's back-to-work legislation

4 months / calgaryherald / Noah Brennan

Union leader: UCP has 'declared war' on labour movement, and the response will be severe

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:22 pm / permalink 15474 / 14 stories in 4 months


Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rate this week as forecasters see more weakness to come for economy

Jordan Gowling / financialpost - Policymakers grapple with trade uncertainty, a soft job market and weak business investment

#trade #economicpolicy #canada #ottawa #labour #bankofcanada

Will Bank of Canada cut interest rates again this week? What economists say

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rate this week as forecasters see more weakness to come for economy

4 months / financialpost / Jordan Gowling

Most economists expect the Bank of Canada to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data

4 months / nationalobserver / Craig Lord

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 15455 / 3 stories in 4 months


Montreal's mayoral election is about affordability, homelessness — and bike lanes

Morgan Lowrie, Giuseppe Valiante / nationalobserver - In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor comparing a car to a refrigerator.

#politics #economicpolicy #publicprotests #quebec #montreal #labour

Martinez Ferrada says attacks on her suburban ties show Rabouin won't work with neighbours

4 months / montrealgazette / Jacob Serebrin, Montreal Gazette

Fire breaks out in homeless encampment near Atwater Tunnel

4 months / montrealgazette / James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Melançon: STM unions are holding Montreal commuters hostage

4 months / montrealgazette / Jordan Zivitz, Montreal Gazette

Roadwork Redo Case No. 2: Christophe-Colomb bike path created twice in three years

4 months / montrealgazette / Linda Gyulai, Montreal Gazette

Montreal's mayoral election is about affordability, homelessness — and bike lanes

4 months / nationalobserver / Morgan Lowrie, Giuseppe Valiante

Montreal weather: Halloween, a time change AND an election?

4 months / montrealgazette / Hayley Juhl, Montreal Gazette

Montreal’s mayoral election is about affordability and the homeless — and bike lanes

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 15441 / 7 stories in 4 months


B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike

theglobeandmail - BCGEU says the deal makes ‘significant progress’ on wages and other big ticket issues

#politics #canada #publicprotests #BC #vancouver #labour

B.C., public service union reach tentative deal

4 months / theglobeandmail / Stephanie Levitz

B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike

4 months / theglobeandmail

BCGEU says tentative agreement reached in historic strike

4 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

Back to Top / Sunday, October 26, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15421 / 3 stories in 4 months


Back to school first, says premier

Devika Desai / calgaryherald - The premier received a deluge of questions and concerns from Albertans on the province's approach to the three-week long teachers' strike on issues of minimum wage, classroom sizes and the bargaining tactics.

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #education #labour

Field of Crosses welcoming students despite Alberta teacher strike

4 months / globalnews / Drew Stremick

Back to school first, says premier

4 months / calgaryherald / Devika Desai

Alberta premier responds to threat of broader labour action in call-in radio show

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15415 / 3 stories in 4 months


Quebec adopts special bill to impose new compensation system on doctors

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec passes Bill 2, forcing a new doctor pay system with fines for resistance; critics warn it violates rights and will face court challenges.

#politics #publicprotests #humanrights #quebec #montreal #labour

Quebec adopts special bill to impose new compensation system on doctors

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez tells Quebec doctors: 'Please, don't leave'

4 months / montrealgazette / Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette

Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15410 / 2 stories in 4 months


ATA president calls province's plans for back-to-work legislation "undemocratic and deeply disrespectful"

Devon Dekuyper / calgaryherald - The ATA will decide how to respond to a back-to-work order when it is passed on Monday

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #labour

Alberta unions promises "unprecedented response" if Notwithstanding Clause invoked

4 months / edmontonjournal / Eric Bowling

Union of National Employees put under trusteeship amid complaints about president

4 months / ottawacitizen / Matteo Cimellaro

Canada Post strike likely impacting Windsor byelection turnout: Dilkens

4 months / windsorstar / Taylor Campbell

Letters, Oct. 25, 2025: ‘Emotions running high with teachers’

4 months / calgarysun / Joe Langford

ATA president calls province's plans for back-to-work legislation "undemocratic and deeply disrespectful"

4 months / calgaryherald / Devon Dekuyper

'Undemocratic and deeply disrespectful': ATA angered by back-to-work legislation but still considering options

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15395 / 6 stories in 4 months


Air Canada cuts hundreds of management jobs

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The move arrives after a three-day strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants in August shut down operations and caused more than 3,000 flight cancellations.

#trade #economicpolicy #canada #publicprotests #toronto #aircanada #labour #aviation

Federal travel regulator’s complaint backlog grows by 1,000 after Air Canada strike

4 months / theglobeandmail / Emily Haws

Air Canada cuts hundreds of management jobs

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Air Canada says it cut 400 management positions in wake of flight attendant strike

4 months / theglobeandmail

Air Canada cuts 400 management jobs, reports say

4 months / nationalpost / National Post Staff

Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 11:22 am / permalink 15380 / 4 stories in 4 months


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