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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 judge said the Alberta Teachers' Association didn't prove the issues are so pressing and harmful the law should be put on hold — potentially allowing teachers to strike again.

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.

The petitions falling short Thursday means at least 17 of the two dozen recall petitions launched against Danielle Smith's UCP caucus late last year have failed.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford saw his attempts to stop his cellphone records being partially released blocked by a panel of judges. Critics say he's changing the law as a result.

A recently built protective care centre in Winnipeg has started to detain people intoxicated with meth and other drugs for up to 72 hours, Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesday.

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.

Alberta's premier and education minister are scheduled to make an announcement about future education funding in the province at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Despite welcoming an 'historic investment' in Alberta's education system, it appears there's still a lot of work to do to rebuild the trust between the province and its teachers.