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Alberta's premier is taking a hands-off approach to a Saddle Lake Cree Nation defying the government by announcing it will offer a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care.

Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.

Tech minister Nate Glubish faced another firing line of fury at the Alberta government's second town hall, hearing from Sturgeon County residents over its plan for AI data centres.

Teachers' organizations across Canada say provincial governments are using the notwithstanding clause to 'terminate legitimate labour disputes' more frequently than ever before.

The government of Alberta says it is "fast tracking" the construction of dozens of new schools, but the education advocacy group "Support Our Students" says it's just politics.

Nearly three years after Saskatchewan's pronoun law came into effect, LGBTQ+ groups and the province's Opposition are warning of its consequences. 

An $8-million bullion purchase is at the heart of Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath's legal woes - a purchase that Tallcree First Nation alleges should have gone to its trust.

Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette intends to renew the Charter's override clause to protect one of the province's French-language laws from court challenges.

The groups Egale and Skipping Stone have lost one round of their court battle against the Alberta government over restrictions on medical treatment for transgender youth.

Students at Dawson and Vanier colleges staged a walkout on Friday afternoon in protest against Quebec's Bill 9 and Law 14, calling the measures discriminatory.

Quebec's new premier is set to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney Friday morning in Ottawa, less than 48 hours after she was sworn into office.

A challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada beginning Monday, with the notwithstanding clause at the heart of arguments.

From the use of the notwithstanding clause to state secularism to Quebec's unique place within Canada, constitutional law experts say the case will result in a major new precedent.

Education Minister Paul Calandra, however, said he won't use the notwithstanding clause if he moves to eliminate trustees in Ontario.

The CMA is seeking to intervene in a Supreme Court case on Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause over a landmark pronoun case.

A man who drove onto a curb, striking and killing his wife of 16 years after a fight outside the couple's Etobicoke home, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Petitioners didn't gather enough signatures to recall Justice Minister Mickey Amery, and MLAs Justin Wright, Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk and Ron Wiebe, Elections Alberta said.

The injunction would put teachers in the same position as they were before the province shut down the strike and imposed a contract by using the Charter's notwithstanding clause.

Four premiers are jointly calling on the federal government to give them more of a say in judges who are appointed to their superior and appeal courts.

New rules are now in effect in the Alberta legislature that one opposition member has warned will effectively allow the government to duck some queries for years.