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LETHBRIDGE -- Amendments to Alberta's legislation on citizen-initiated referendums mean Corb Lund's recently approved application for a petition drive to stop new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is cancelled and the singer has to re-apply.
CALGARY -- Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as it works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.
HALIFAX -- The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia says the government of France intends to work with them on a strategy to bring two killer whales to the proposed site.
CHARLOTTETOWN -- Bloyce Thompson has been sworn in as the 35th premier of Prince Edward Island.
ST. JOHN'S -- Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure of rural facilities.
CHARLOTTETOWN -- Bloyce Thompson is set be sworn in as the 35th premier of Prince Edward Island.
ST. JOHN'S -- Canada Post says it will not axe a program to offset shipping costs for libraries, despite a federal bill that proposes its end.
MONTREAL -- The mayor of Longueuil, Que., is asking the Quebec government to investigate police actions in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting involving a 15-year-old boy.
MONTREAL -- The mayor of Longueuil, Que., is asking the Quebec government to investigate police actions in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting involving a 15-year-old boy.
HALIFAX -- Premier Tim Houston is defending his government's crackdown on cannabis dispensaries, despite widespread and escalating criticism, saying he is concerned about the illegal market.
QUEBEC -- Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is facing increasing pressure from prominent Liberals to step down amid an ongoing crisis within the party.
VANCOUVER -- More than 160 farms are in the way of floodwaters in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, although provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says poultry, cows and hogs are considered safe.
VANCOUVER -- More than 160 farms are in the way of floodwaters in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, although provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says poultry, cows and hogs are considered safe.
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has announced a big shakeup of his cabinet.
HALIFAX -- A federal investigation of the CEO leading the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has found Marie Chapman bullied some staff and created an environment of fear that caused emotional harm to many employees.
ABBOTSFORD -- Evacuation orders and alerts in southern British Columbia expanded overnight, as floodwaters and landslides cut off most major routes between the Lower Mainland and the Interior.
ABBOTSFORD -- Evacuation orders and alerts in southern British Columbia expanded overnight, as floodwaters and landslides cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior.
QUEBEC -- Quebec has reached an agreement in principle with its family doctors.
VANCOUVER -- B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highway closures have cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province.
VANCOUVER -- B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highways in the Lower Mainland have been cut off from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province.
VANCOUVER -- The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on preventing overdoses because it ignored recommendations to create a safe drug supply.
Twenty Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall campaign has also been approved for Opposition NDP member Amanda Chapman.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government has tabled a wide-ranging public security bill that would forbid criminal groups from displaying their colours, create a sex offender registry and forbid protests near the homes of elected officials.
MONTREAL -- Quebec's anti-corruption police have launched a criminal investigation of the provincial Liberal party, which has been mired in an internal crisis for the last three weeks.
QUEBEC -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he intends to remain in office even as some members of his party appear to be speculating about his departure.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says a recall petition has been issued for Premier Danielle Smith and two more of her United Conservative Party cabinet ministers.
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION -- This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
OTTAWA -- Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.
INDIAN BROOK -- A Nova Scotia First Nation says it has banned the province's premier and two of his senior ministers from band lands.
OTTAWA -- Kirsten Hillman, who has been Canada's ambassador to the U.S. for six years, says she is ending her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year.
ST. JOHN'S -- Newfoundland and Labrador is following the lead of Nova Scotia and Manitoba by selling off its stockpile of U.S. booze and donating the proceeds to charity.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says the province needs more money from the federal government to reach their 2021 target of creating 9,500 new affordable childcare spaces.
EDMONTON -- Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta has approved a bid by country music singer Corb Lund to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia RCMP say they have no plans to change their approach to illegal cannabis dispensaries in the province, despite a new provincial government directive calling for a law enforcement crackdown.
SAULT STE. MARIE -- Plans are in the works to save hundreds of the roughly 1,000 jobs slated to be lost at Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year.
After first igniting romantic rumours with a lunch in Montreal in July, Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry looked to firm things up on Saturday.
SURREY -- British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government will review a court decision that appears to show "confusion" over his government's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and will amend the legislation if necessary.
WHITEHORSE -- The Yukon government says it will need to spend more than $150 million to replace an aging dam spillway.
SURREY -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will review a court decision that appears to show "confusion" over his government's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and will amend the legislation if necessary.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec Liberals have lost two members of their caucus within a week and are facing multiple investigations as a crisis within the party shows no sign of abating.
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA -- Seventeen Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall campaign has also been approved for Opposition NDP member Amanda Chapman. Three more are expected to be named soon.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's chief electoral officer says 21 legislature members are now facing citizen-led recall petitions.
MONTREAL -- Hearings for one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada cases in years are scheduled to begin March 23.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec Liberals have lost another member of their caucus, as a crisis within the party shows no signs of abating.
OTTAWA -- A new report by the International Monetary Fund says the Canadian economy has held up better than expected under the trade shock from U.S. tariffs.
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OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government is launching a review of Canada's firearms classification regime that will include consultations with Indigenous communities on the SKS rifle.
OTTAWA -- The head of the federal Leaders' Debates Commission says the body should no longer be responsible for organizing post-debate press conferences and the rules for participating in the debates should be reviewed.
VICTORIA -- The Conservative Party of B.C. has released a statement from John Rustad saying he has resigned as leader.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington, D.C.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government will table a bill on Friday to ban vote-buying in political party leadership races.
VICTORIA -- A political analyst says John Rustad's disputed leadership of the B.C. Conservatives appears "unsustainable" after he refused to step down in the face of a caucus mutiny.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's transforming provincial health authority is in for another shakeup as it says its chief executive officer is on a leave of absence.
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government is looking for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island, Premier David Eby said Wednesday, but logging the province's old-growth forests for pulp is not an option.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is looking for ways to help a closing Vancouver Island pulp mill, but that harvesting the province's old-growth trees is not an option.
VICTORIA -- The B.C. Conservative Party says John Rustad has been "removed" as leader of the Opposition and a caucus vote has installed MLA Trevor Halford as interim leader.
SURREY -- The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says she won't support a provisional budget request for the city's police force, calling a $91-million increase in funding "extraordinarily excessive."
VICTORIA -- The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing.