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Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: February 5, 2026 - 06:27
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Morning Update: A test of judicial independence in Alberta
February 5, 2026
Good morning. Danielle Smith wants more control over Alberta’s judges and she’s willing to withhold funding to get it – more on that below, along with Ottawa’s scrapped EV mandate and Canada’s best shots at Olympic medals. But first:
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A new reliability report warns Canada’s power grid faces growing strain as electricity demand rises faster than new supply, raising concerns about winter reliability.
February 7, 2026 - 05:00 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
Downtown businesses are welcoming a government order sending most federal public servants back to office four days per week, the Ottawa Board of Trade says. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — During a ceremony this week to unveil his official portrait, former prime minister Stephen Harper made a point of mentioning the tie he’s wearing in the painting.
The colours, the former prime minister pointed out during the ceremony in downtown Ottawa, represent the three key elements of Canada’s Conservatives: dark blue for the “Tories of old,” green for the “western, populist tradition” and Preston Manning’s Reform Party, and sky blue for the conservative tradition of Quebec nationalists and francophones across the country.
In reality, however, according to political...
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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