
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford has denied a request from more than 20 mayors across the province to tweak instead of scrap the speed camera program, vowing to eliminate speeding through other measures.The mayors say a total ban on automated speed cameras would reverse years of progress on safety in school zones and place more pressure on police.  
  October 7, 2025 - 13:18 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail 
    
    
    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith fired back at B.C. Premier David Eby’s dismissal of her government’s pipeline push, describing his comments as un-Canadian and unconstitutional.Mr. Eby released a video on Monday on social media in which he described the Alberta pitch for a new pipeline to the Pacific as “fictional” and “non-existent.” He said B.C. has better projects that should be prioritized as part of Ottawa’s plan to fast-track major new infrastructure.  
  October 7, 2025 - 13:09 | Bill Curry | The Globe and Mail 
    
    
     OTTAWA — Prominent Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich were sentenced to 12 months of house arrest and six months of curfew Tuesday, avoiding jail time for their roles in the 2022 blockade that the federal government declared a national emergency. 
 “The accused committed a serious crime of mischief,” Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey told a 
                    
                
            
        
    
        
            
                
                    
                        packed downtown Ottawa courtroom. 
 “The accused’s actions have had a...
  October 7, 2025 - 13:05 | Christopher Nardi | National Post 
    
    
    The federal government expropriated the couple's home in 2023 to divert trains from the community's downtown after the 2013 rail disaster.  
  October 7, 2025 - 13:05 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada 
    
    
    'This applies to any provider of a service in Canada,' one expert warned. 'That means hotels, car rental companies, your gardener — it doesn't matter.'  
  October 7, 2025 - 13:02 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada 
    
    
     OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is softening an 
                    
                
            
        
    
        
            
                
                    
                        ultimatum she gave
                    
                
            
        
    
        
            
                
                    
                         Prime Minister Mark Carney several months ago, saying she hopes to negotiate a resolution of the nine federal laws she says are throttling Alberta’s oil and gas sector by Grey Cup. 
 “I can tell you that we are hoping...
  October 7, 2025 - 12:57 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post 
    
    



