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GATINEAU -- Canada's telecommunications regulator is launching a consultation aimed at improving the national public alerting system that is used to warn Canadians about emergency situations such as severe weather and other concerns to public safety.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government is being urged to show leniency toward a Montreal college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs.
EDMONTON -- Opposition NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is officially a member of the Alberta legislature.
HALIFAX -- A regulatory body has dismissed a complaint by the former president of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party against the province's auditor general regarding a report she completed last year on the misuse of public funds.
Wildfire season is upon us once again, and smoke is reducing air quality through swaths of the country. Environment Canada suggests people check the Air Quality Health Index daily to determine how much time to spend outside. Here's how to interpret the index:
WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is promising new financial penalties to enforce rules aimed at removing barriers for people with disabilities.
Alberta's premier says "pornography is a problem for young adults" in remarks defending her government's move to remove sexually explicit content from school library shelves this fall.
Canadian musician Matthew Good says he's cancelling his U.S. tour dates because of President Donald Trump's government.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's chief of staff and the country's top public servant will be responsible for maintaining an ethics screen preventing him from making decisions that benefit his former employer.
EDMONTON -- Alberta and Ottawa have signed off on $203 million for new affordable housing projects across the province.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Canadian government will "steadfastly" defend workers and businesses following the latest trade threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a post on social media, Carney said Canada will continue to work to secure a trade deal with the U.S. by a revised deadline of Aug. 1.
Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney's Prime Minister's Office on Monday. Lametti posted on LinkedIn to confirm his start date as Carney's principal secretary, a top political aide position. Carney's new chief of staff, former UN ambassador Marc-Andre Blanchard, started in his role at the beginning of the week.
OTTAWA -- Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney's Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
CALGARY -- Alberta's education minister says school libraries must pull explicit, sexual content from their shelves starting Oct. 1.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says a longtime lawyer and recent provincial policy advisor has been tapped to head its new involuntary drug treatment system.
ST. JOHN'S -- Quebec's hydro utility says it has suspended work at the site of a planned hydroelectric station at Gull Island in Labrador amid protests by some residents.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's official Opposition is calling on Premier Tim Houston to re-establish a department dedicated to housing and appoint a full-time minister to oversee the portfolio.
CALGARY -- Alberta's education minister is set to provide an update today on the development of new provincial rules for school library books.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province's auto insurance board.
HALIFAX -- A new report by a think tank says Halifax has some of the highest child care costs among major Canadian cities.
TORONTO -- A regulator-led survey of Ontario mutual fund dealers based out of big banks shows a sizable minority are not always acting in the interest of clients.
VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia government is expected to release a report today on ways to improve safety and security at events two months after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at a Vancouver festival.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. Green Party has announced Adam Bremner-Akins as its third contestant for the party's 2025 leadership race.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia health officials say they are making progress recruiting health professionals and in reducing the province's primary care wait list through an emphasis on collaborative care.
QUEBEC -- Quebec's government has announced that a hotly contested byelection northeast of Montreal will take place Aug. 11.
IQALUIT -- The premier of Nunavut announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election when his term as a member of the territorial assembly expires this fall.
GATINEAU -- The Competition Bureau says it has obtained a court order as part of its probe into Amazon's conduct related to its online Canadian marketplace.
FREDERICTON -- The owner of a New Brunswick vodka distillery says he anticipates competition to get tougher as the provincial government pursues new rules to remove trade barriers with the rest of Canada.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's NDP says the provincial government's failure to address the cost of living has put affordability in Halifax comparable to that in Toronto.
CALGARY -- The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have agreed to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces while increasing interprovincial trade of alcohol and vehicles.
CALGARY -- The premiers of Alberta and Ontario are set to meet in Calgary today to sign two memorandums of understanding.
CALGARY -- The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have agreed to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces while increasing interprovincial trade of alcohol and vehicles.
OTTAWA -- A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is dismissing moves by the federal government and Canada's premiers to break down internal trade barriers as little more than "political theatre."
TORONTO -- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is leading a trade mission to the United Kingdom and Ireland, which she says will focus on supporting economic opportunities for Toronto businesses and workers.
CALGARY -- Looking to shore up support at one of the summer's biggest political blowouts, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are scheduled to court supporters at the Calgary Stampede today.
YELLOWKNIFE -- Canada's environment ministers have endorsed stronger air quality standards for fine particulate matter, while acknowledging the struggles caused by wildfires that can blanket the country in smoke advisories.
Cases of a disease affecting oysters have been confirmed in Quebec and Prince Edward Island for the first time.
ST. JOHN'S -- Students and staff at Newfoundland and Labrador's only university have offered the administration suggestions to reduce costs, increase revenue, and boost morale as the school looks to cut millions of dollars in spending.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. Green Party says a 24-year-old advocate for climate justice and Indigenous solidarity has joined the party's leadership contest.
ST. JOHN'S -- Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey has stepped down from his seat in the legislature.
MONTREAL -- The director general of a junior college in Montreal says a recent government investigation into the climate at the school may have had a chilling effect on teachers.
COMOX -- A Vancouver Island councillor and family doctor has announced his candidacy for the B.C. Green Party leadership.
MONTREAL -- The city of Mirabel, Que., says it's in mourning after its mayor, Patrick Charbonneau, died suddenly at the age of 46.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's attorney general says the government has received a report from a retired judge on ways to improve safety and security at events after 11 people were killed and many more injured at a Vancouver festival.
CALGARY -- Alberta's government is seeking advice to address violence and aggression in schools.
HALIFAX -- Prospective buyers of coastal property in Nova Scotia are being given the option to request disclosure forms from sellers on erosion, flooding or drainage risks.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is defending a $1.35-million housing program that resulted in 60 leases over roughly two years.
The federal government is ordering a Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems to shutter its Canadian business and leave the country over national security concerns.
DRUMHELLER -- Tyra the Tyrannosaurus is set to be poked and prodded this fall to determine whether Drumheller's towering, monstrously popular icon can be saved from extinction.
WHITEHORSE -- Yukon's 11th premier has been sworn in on the promise to get important work done before the next election that must be called within months.
CALGARY -- The final numbers are in on last years' Alberta budget, and the bottom-line figure is an $8.3-billion surplus.
NORTH VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says there was a "frightening" security incident at her constituency office in North Vancouver early Friday.
HALIFAX -- Some Nova Scotia mayors say they are wary of the province's plan to increase the role of the RCMP.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's provincewide wildfire state of emergency is no more exactly one month after it was issued.
MONTREAL -- A new report from the Quebec government says prayer rooms are fuelling a climate of radicalization and mistrust in the province's junior colleges.
CALGARY -- Alberta's finance minister is set to deliver the final bottom line number today on last year's provincial budget.
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the public desire in her province to quit Canada has never been higher.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's minister of public works says it will be "several years" until construction begins to protect a low-lying strip of land that links the province to New Brunswick.
HALIFAX -- The minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs says she has read a report about environmental racism in her province, but she won't talk about what it says.
OTTAWA -- The Senate could vote today on Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill -- legislation that would give the federal government the power to fast-track projects it hopes will bolster the economy.