Alberta government proposes increasing highway speeds to 120 km/h
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - The government of Alberta has launched an online survey to gather public feedback on a proposal to increase the speed limit on many provincial highways to 120 km/h.
Back to Top / Friday, November 7, 2025, 4:23 pm / permalink 15775 / 3 stories in 3 months
N.S. premier criticizes ‘disgusting’ ban on staff wearing poppies in some courtrooms
Rebecca Lau / globalnews - 'Disgusting' is how Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston described the decision not to allow staff to wear poppies in some courtrooms ahead of Remembrance Day.
Back to Top / Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 15763 / 5 stories in 3 months
Officers cleared in fatal shooting of 15-year-old Indigenous boy in Wetaskiwin last year
Kelsey Patterson / citynews - Police were justified in the fatal 2024 shooting of a 15-year-old Indigenous boy in Wetaskiwin because he intimated he was pointing a gun at one of the officers, according to Alberta’s police watchdog. Hoss Lightning, who is not named in Thursday’s report…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:22 pm / permalink 15741 / 4 stories in 4 months
OLDCORN: Carney’s reckless spending budget unites a divided opposition
Christopher Oldcorn / westernstandard - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget has accomplished a near-impossible feat in Ottawa.
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Fiscal and economic policy debates
Other political and regulatory angles
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Social, housing and environmental impacts
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 8:23 am / permalink 15724 / 38 stories in 4 months
Will Alberta Kill Recall Laws Now That UCP MLAs Are at Risk?
David Climenhaga / thetyee - Legislation stripping teachers of their Charter rights has brought new challenges to the Smith government.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 11:21 pm / permalink 15713 / 5 stories in 4 months
Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote 98% in favor of striking ahead of mediation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - About 16,000 Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary to back contract demands.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 3:22 pm / permalink 15707 / 3 stories in 4 months
Budget 2025: No commitment on emissions in Canada’s new climate strategy
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The budget also doesn't mention possible incentive measures to encourage Canadians to lower their own emissions, such as reviving a subsidy for electric vehicle purchases.
- Budget stalls transformative reforms, sparking investor disquiet (5)
- Lacking bold climate measures, critics question commitment (4)
- Miscellaneous updates and political commentary on the budget (6)
- Sweeping public service cuts unsettle government insiders (2)
Budget stalls transformative reforms, sparking investor disquiet
Lacking bold climate measures, critics question commitment
Miscellaneous updates and political commentary on the budget
Sweeping public service cuts unsettle government insiders
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 6:22 pm / permalink 15668 / 17 stories in 4 months
Montreal transit strike could put Quebec’s new labour law to the test
Maura Forrest / theglobeandmail - Law gives labour minister the power to end a dispute by imposing binding arbitration when a strike or lockout is deemed harmful to the public
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 8:22 am / permalink 15642 / 4 stories in 4 months
EDITORIAL: Mark Carney’s budget plan is to spend ourselves rich
Postmedia News / torontosun - PM has already promised to outdo Trudeau government on deficit spending, arguing it's needed to boost Canada's economy
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Carney's Bold Fiscal Redefinition
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Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 4:22 pm / permalink 15626 / 13 stories in 4 months
Bruno Marchand swept back into the mayor's chair in Quebec City
Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The vote brings the curtain down on a campaign that can best be described as a two-month roller-coaster ride for the candidates and people of the provincial capital.
Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 12:20 am / permalink 15599 / 3 stories in 4 months
BUDGET 2025: What to look for in Mark Carney’s first budget
Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Spending, inflation and debt interest — what should you look for in Tuesday's budget?
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Alberta-Ottawa Fiscal Divide
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Back to Top / Sunday, November 2, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 15597 / 15 stories in 4 months
'We're packed like sardines': Students walk out of their classes in support of Alberta teachers
Steven Sandor / edmontonjournal - "Alberta is ridiculous, and we need to show that the teachers aren't the only ones who need to stand up for themselves"
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:22 pm / permalink 15561 / 6 stories in 4 months
Quebec cabinet minister Lionel Carmant resigns over escalating doctors crisis
theglobeandmail - Passage of controversial Bill 2, which reforms the way doctors are paid in the province, has caused uproar even in Carmant’s family
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 3:23 pm / permalink 15558 / 3 stories in 4 months
Young, proud, online: Quebec’s newest sovereigntists hope to revive an aging movement
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The self-described CEO of the next generation of Quebec sovereigntists is a 17-year-old rapper and TikTok sensation who claims to be more influential than Premier François Legault.
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:22 am / permalink 15544 / 4 stories in 4 months
‘Cheese slipped off the cracker’: Ford calls on U.S. ambassador to apologize for profane rant against Ontario official
Tyler Dawson / nationalpost - Ford said Pete Hoekstra's behaviour was 'unbecoming of an ambassador' and said he should phone David Paterson, Ontario's trade representative to the United States
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 1:24 pm / permalink 15525 / 5 stories in 4 months
More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after teacher strike ends
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - It's going to be a busy day for Alberta schools today as more than 740,000 students are set to return to class following the end of a provincewide teachers strike.
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Back-to-Class Reopening
Immigration Controversy
Notwithstanding Clause Politics
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Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 15511 / 13 stories in 4 months
Alberta petition that could trigger separation referendum surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures
Fakiha Baig / theglobeandmail - The ‘Forever Canadian’ petition started as a counter to separatists who want a referendum on Alberta independence
Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:22 pm / permalink 15499 / 4 stories in 4 months
'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 (5)
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- School Reopening Logistics (3)
- Union Resistance & Reactions (5)
Government Action & Legal Measures
Political & Public Opinion
School Reopening Logistics
Union Resistance & Reactions
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 (6)
- Protests and broader media snapshots (2)
- Union and educator backlash (6)
Legislative drive and political clashes
Protests and broader media snapshots
Union and educator backlash
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:22 pm / permalink 15474 / 14 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.
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 15441 / 7 stories in 4 months