The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has launched a constitutional challenge against the UCP government's controversial Bill 1.

The virtual signing ceremony saw the hereditary chiefs and government ministers witness each other signing the document through Zoom, as travel has been restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The memorandum of understanding that's due to be signed will set the terms for months of negotiations on land rights and title for the Wet'suwet'en over their traditional territory in northern B.C.

The chiefs also addressed concerns from the elected leadership that they and other members of the Wet'suwet'en have not been properly consulted with.

The elected leadership say the pact on land rights and title has not been fully circulated to the Nation's clans for their input, and accuse the federal and B.C. governments of consulting in bad faith.

The agreement does not apply to the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which sparked the discussions that led to the deal.

Parliament's spending watchdog says a series of rail blockades last month will leave a minimal dent in the pace of economic growth.

Hereditary chiefs and the BC Civil Liberties Association say B.C.'s public safety minister green lit the extra officers in a letter to the RCMP.

Commuter train service on the Candiac line between Montreal and the south shore will resume on Friday afternoon after the dismantlement of a rail barricade in Kahnawake on Thursday.

In the last month, Indigenous people across the country set up barricades on train tracks, roads and bridges, in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs, some of whom object to the construction of a natural-gas pipeline through their traditional territory.