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Alberta teachers won’t engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta’s teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead to punishing fines, but he said Tuesday he is urging his colleagues to rethink going the extra mile when it comes to their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies will examine such things as astronauts’ mental health and how their bodies adapt to microgravity and cope with space anemia — a decrease in red blood cells. Kutryk, 43, of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers, schools set to resume classes for thousands after strike ends
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta’s teachers’ union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead to punishing fines, but he says he is urging his colleagues to re-evaluate going the extra mile when it comes to their volunteer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the provincial government’s argument in the landmark Cowichan Tribes land case was that Aboriginal and fee-simple title “cannot co-exist” on the same land in their full form. Sharma says there’s “perhaps nothing more important” to land owners than the security of their title, quoting directly from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post union asks Ottawa to butt out as talks set to resume
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The union representing thousands of Canada Post workers on rotating strike wants the federal government to butt out of bargaining as negotiators prepare to head back to the table with the employer for the first time in nearly a month. The Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers confirmed to The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in B.C. waters
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
There’s been a surge in boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in British Columbia waters, two of them thought to have been fatal to the whales. Here are some recent incidents. Oct. 23: A Prince of Whales whale-watching boat hits a humpback in Howe Sound. A whale known as Wisp is found dead days later ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marine scientist says whale strikes ‘almost inevitable,’ urges boaters to slow down
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia marine mammal research scientist says recent boat strikes that have injured and killed humpback whales seem “almost inevitable” as their numbers increase in waters frequented by high-speed vessels. Lance Barrett-Lennard with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation says humpback whale numbers were decimated by the whaling industry up until the mid 1960s, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Industrial carbon price a focus Carney’s climate strategy consultations: sources
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Environment advocates say the federal government’s consultations ahead of the release of its climate competitiveness strategy next week have focused in part on making industrial carbon pricing a cornerstone of the new plan. Two senior officials at national environmental advocacy groups who met with the federal ministers developing the plan in recent weeks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta schools prepare to resume classes for thousands after back-to-work order
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
EDMONTON — Schools and school boards across Alberta are working to get more than 740,000 students ready to return to class on a day’s notice after a three-week provincewide strike. The Edmonton Public School Board, in a letter, says it expects classes and bus service to run as usual when classes resume Wednesday, but says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s tariffs to face legal test before U.S. Supreme Court next week
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Victor Owen Schwartz started his business importing wine and spirits to the United States with his mother nearly 40 years ago. Now he is the lead plaintiff in a court case that could throw a legal roadblock in front of U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to realign global trade through tariffs. The U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man ordered to pay $1M for falsely claiming his ex-friend had Nazi gold
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has ordered a Montreal millionaire to pay his former business partner nearly $1 million for falsely accusing him of profiting off gold stolen by Nazis from Jews in concentration camps. Real estate developer and lawyer Glenn Feldman began making the claims after a falling out in 2019 with his longtime ... Read More »
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