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The fall sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature began Wednesday with Premier Scott Moe’s government promising new rules to get tough on drugs and to help those battling addictions.Moe’s government, in the speech from the throne read out in the chamber by Lt.-Gov. Bernadette McIntyre, says it will introduce legislation that would, in extreme circumstances, see those battling addictions receive treatment against their will.
October 23, 2025 - 11:15 | Jeremy Simes | The Globe and Mail
As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopeless herself.“I’m happy to return because I know the kids need me,” Black said in an interview from her Calgary home. “But I’m unhappy to return because nothing has changed.”
October 23, 2025 - 11:09 | Fakiha Baig | The Globe and Mail
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October 23, 2025 - 11:00 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
The federal Liberals have proposed more than 80 changes to the Criminal Code to toughen bail and sentencing laws, in a long-awaited bill tabled in Parliament by Justice Minister Sean Fraser on Thursday morning. The government described the changes as “sweeping reforms to make bail laws stricter and sentencing laws tougher for repeat and violent offending.” Mr. Fraser also promised further action, with measures in the coming months aimed at sexual and intimate partner violence, and the safety of children.
October 23, 2025 - 11:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
A country’s national archives are often described as “the nation’s memory house.” They contain the records of government decisions, actions, leaders and crises, along with other collections deemed of national importance. But the memory houses of both Canada and the United States are in trouble, battered by political and financial headwinds.
October 23, 2025 - 11:00 | Charlotte Gray, Photo illustrations by Justin Poulson | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled its long-awaited bail reform bill Thursday that it promises will make it more difficult for violent and repeat offenders to be released before trial in the hopes of increasing trust in the oft-maligned bail system.
The new bill C-14 also promises tougher sentencing laws for serious and violent crimes, such as consecutive sentences for repeat violent offenders, offences against first responders, organized retail theft and crimes interfering with essential infrastructures (such as copper theft).
On bail, the government proposes to impose a “...
October 23, 2025 - 10:59 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
