Alberta proposing sweeping changes to election and referendum laws
Matthew Scace / theglobeandmail - New rules could limit what names can be used for political parties and remove guardrails for citizen-initiated referendums
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Ottawa serving Stellantis with default notice over Brampton cuts: Joly
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Industry Minister Melanie Joly told the House of Commons committee on international trade the move breaches federal contracts tied to manufacturing in Brampton and Windsor, Ont.
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Two men, two boys charged after man kidnapped in Vaughan, Ont.: police
sootoday - Police say two men and two boys are facing criminal charges after a 24-year-old man was kidnapped in Vaughan, Ont., and held for several days.
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Judge to rule next month if man accused of killing parents, grandmother in Montreal in 2023 was criminally responsible
News Staff / citynews - A judge will rule in January whether a man who fatally stabbed his parents and grandmother inside their Montreal apartment in March 2023 is criminally responsible for the crimes. The Crown and defence lawyers submitted arguments this week in the case and …
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Consultations to begin on controversial Quebec constitution bill
Maura Forrest / nationalobserver - A draft constitution tabled two months ago by the Quebec government was supposed to be a unifying declaration of Quebecers’ common values, but it has instead been denounced as ill-conceived, divisive and authoritarian.
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Why was ‘incredible’ giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.’s big-tree protection law?
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
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