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NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters in final debate
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with a general acknowledgment they agree on policies, but have different visions for how to achieve their most existential goal — rebuilding the party. At the close of the debate, each candidate was asked if they are running to rebuild the party or become the prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Increased control over immigration?’ Nine questions on Alberta referendum in October
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says a referendum is to be held on Oct. 19 to ask Albertans about how they want the province to deal with immigration as well as the Constitution. She says it will include these nine questions: On immigration 1. Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s Smith to put immigration, Constitution questions on fall referendum
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on Oct. 19, including proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants. One question asks Albertans if non-permanent residents should be charged a “reasonable” fee to access health and education systems. Another asks for approval to cut off newcomers from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta’s Smith to put immigration, Constitution on fall referendum
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on Oct. 19, including proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants. One question asks Albertans if non-permanent residents should be charged a “reasonable” fee to access health and education systems. Others ask whether Alberta should open constitutional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with a general acknowledgment they agree on policies, but have different visions for how to achieve their most existential goal — rebuilding the party. During opening remarks in Vancouver-area debate, Alberta MP Heather McPherson said that the party needs someone that knows how to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overdose deaths drop by 21 per cent, but 1,826 deaths in 2025 still a ‘profound loss’
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
VICTORIA — More than 1,800 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, and while the coroner’s service says it still represents a “profound loss of life,” it’s a 21 per cent decrease from the year before and almost 30 per cent down from the peak in 2023. The service said in ... Read More »
1 responseClearview AI loses B.C. appeal of findings over facial recognition privacy breaches
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI to overturn findings that the company is subject to Canadian privacy laws, despite no longer doing business in the country. The ruling released this week says Clearview AI was investigated by the information and privacy commissioners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal lawyers seek to shield information in Nijjar murder case on security grounds
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal attorney general is looking to shield some information from disclosure on national security grounds in the trial of four men accused of killing Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, an advocate for an independent Sikh homeland and president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot dead in his pickup ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New defence purchasing agency will become more independent, MP says
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the military, MP Stephen Fuhr told The Canadian Press. Fuhr, the secretary of state overseeing changes to how the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to weigh appropriate legal path for reviewing complaint about railway
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide the appropriate means of reviewing a company’s complaint about the service provided by a railway. In November 2023, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled that Canadian National Railway Co. failed to meet the level of service it owed to Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc. The agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hydro-Québec proposes doubling electricity rates for energy-hungry data centres
By Canadian Press on February 19th, 2026
MONTRÉAL — Quebec’s hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations. Hydro-Québec has asked the province’s energy board to hike rates for new data centres to 13 cents per kilowatt hour — roughly double the price it charges to customers that consume large amounts of power. In a ... Read More »
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