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Canada · 8 d ago

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Quebec premier wants to open the session without the lieutenant governor

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The National Assembly's rules have the lieutenant governor speak before the premier's opening speech. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wants to give his without her.

Canada · 8 d ago

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Crown withdraws criminal charges against Montreal bank sit-in protesters

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The 44 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in April 2024 at a downtown Montreal Scotiabank branch. They demanded that the bank divest from the weapons maker Elbit Systems.

Canada · 8 d ago

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First Nations warn B.C. Conservatives against repealing DRIPA

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"We're not going to stand idly by while the government-elect does, in fact, rip it up. That's a declaration of war."

Canada · 8 d ago

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Ontario's legislature returns with Blue Box, cannabis and the deficit on the agenda

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MPPs are back at Queen's Park on Oct 27 after a 21-week break, and the legislature is scheduled to sit for five weeks.

Canada · 8 d ago

Nova Scotia committee to hear from the firm behind a planned Cape Breton AI data centre

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EverWind Fuels said on Oct 16 that Anthropic had signed a 20-year lease for a facility in Point Tupper. The proposed data centre is valued at $10 billion.

Canada · 8 d ago

Canada's closed work permits for farm workers draw growing criticism

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More than 77,000 temporary foreign workers were employed in Canadian agriculture in 2025, over four times as many as 20 years earlier.

Canada · 8 d ago

RCMP investigate fraud and money laundering in Alberta's health-care procurement

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A court letter dated Oct 15, from an Ontario Crown prosecutor, says the probe covers fraud, breach of trust and money laundering at Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services.

Canada · 8 d ago

Alberta's legislature returns with Smith ready to move past the referendum

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Premier Danielle Smith considers the separatism debate settled, and expects separatist leaders in her party to accept the result.