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Ontario plans to open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all outside peak traffic times
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (156+ words) Vehicles zoom along the HOV lanes as morning rush hour traffic crawls along in Toronto, on Monday, June 29, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn TORONTO - Ontario drivers may soon be able to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes at times, even if they…...
Bell Canada to build large data centre outside Regina
22+ hour, 15+ min ago (534+ words) Bell signage is seen at BCE Inc., headquarters in Montreal on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov REGINA - The parent company of Bell Canada is planning to build a new data centre outside Regina that is billed to be…...
Alberta teachers fail to get court injunction on back-to-work law that ended strike
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (155+ words) Alberta teachers fail to get court injunction on back-to-work law that ended strike'thecanadianpressnews.ca A judge has denied an injunction application from Alberta teachers against legislation that forced them back to work after a provincewide strike last fall. (March 13, 2026) Events…...
First recall petition against Opposition NDP politician withdrawn: Elections Alberta
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (194+ words) The Alberta Legislature is seen in Edmonton, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson EDMONTON - Elections Alberta says a recall petition against a member of Alberta's Opposition NDP has been withdrawn. The petition against education critic Amanda Chapman came late…...
Saskatchewan adds fees for fishing, EVs, immigration applications
4+ day, 5+ min ago (125+ words) Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu REGINA - Saskatchewan's government is raising fees and adding new charges for anglers, electric vehicle drivers and immigration applicants. The province says those who purchase fishing licences will need…...
B.C. reaches deal with professional employees in lengthy labour dispute
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (183+ words) The legislature building in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, September 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito VICTORIA - A tentative agreement has been reached with about 1,900 foresters, engineers, lawyers, geoscientists and other publicly employed professionals in British Columbia." The Finance Ministry says in a…...
Manitoba government introduces election bill ahead of scheduled 2027 vote
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (207+ words) The exterior of the Manitoba Legislature is seen in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods WINNIPEG - An election in Manitoba is not scheduled until October of next year, but political parties have started laying some of the groundwork....
Alberta eliminates funding for 119-year-old historical society
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (477+ words) Tanya Fir, minister of arts, culture and Status of Women, is sworn into cabinet, in Edmonton, Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson. EDMONTON - A volunteer historical society that's almost as old as Alberta itself is concerned the province's past…...
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston apologizes and reverses some budget cuts amid outcry
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (1065+ words) HALIFAX - A group representing the majority of First Nations" HALIFAX - The federal labour board says the Canadian Coast G" Demonstrators protest government grant cuts to arts and culture announced in Nova Scotia's provincial budget, in Halifax on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. THE…...
Saskatchewan minister says he'll have meeting at library after reports of violence
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (294+ words) Social Services Minister Terry Jenson during a media event where Premier Scott Moe, not pictured, announced that he has asked the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve government, and the writ will drop signalling an provincial election in Saskatoon, Sask., Tuesday, Oct....