In televised address, Alberta premier says referendum provides ‘clear mandate’

As part of a televised address aired Tuesday night, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government is committed to pursuing reforms as part of a mandate delivered by Albertans on referendum night.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday her government will assemble a legal team to make the argument that new electoral boundaries proposed by an advisory panel achieve effective representation, should the Opposition NDP advance a legal challenge.

Tonya Azevedo says she lost $155,000 and her family of four can no longer live in their home of 20 years after a contractor who told them he was licensed did work that turned out to be unsafe. “I’m absolutely heartbroken,” says Azevedo, who had remortgaged her home to pay for the renos.

Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has asked the ethics commissioner to consider the relationship between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Telesat Corporation CEO Dan Goldberg following the awarding of a $2.3-billion military satellite deal.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter, Vivienne, has officially dropped her father's last name, making her the fourth child of the former celebrity couple to do so.

Canadian forward Sarah Fillier is expected to play at the world championship that begins on Friday in Denmark. The New York Sirens star is listed as day to day with an upper body injury she sustained early in a 4-0 pre-tournament loss to the United States last Friday.

Captain Alphonso Davies will be back in the fold when Canada's men's soccer team takes on Guatemala in the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals this month.

The firings are a result of an internal disciplinary investigation and were carried out on an administrative level — but the criminal investigations, which are separate, are ongoing, said Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher.

A 17-year-old from Alberta has been arrested for a terrorism-related offence after allegedly corresponding with online accounts associated with ISIS.

Speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, King Charles reiterated his 'most profound personal sorrow' over the 'monstrous injustice' of past international trade in enslaved people.

Some Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador are cautiously supporting the Manitoba premier's call for the abolition of the Indian Act. They agree the legislation adopted in 1876 should be scrapped, but they want assurances that whatever replaces it will be better.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion US in funding to Israel after the end of this year.

McGill University is reviewing its admissions procedures after a convicted murderer on day parole was admitted to its Faculty of Law, with the university confirming that the individual is no longer enrolled.

McGill University is reviewing its admissions procedures after a convicted murderer on day parole was admitted to its Faculty of Law, with the university confirming that the individual is no longer enrolled.

Warsaw-Modlin Airport reopened around midday Tuesday after a bomb threat forced a passenger plane from London to make an unscheduled landing there, while another plane from Copenhagen was checked at Warsaw-Chopin airport for the same reason.

Several flights across Europe received alleged bomb threats on Tuesday that ultimately turned out to be hoaxes but prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian Air Force until landing, officials said.

Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel has died after he suffered cardiac arrest from an on-field collision in a Spanish second-division match, his club said Tuesday. He was 30.

A professor and researcher at the University of Waterloo has received the highest recognition in Canada for scientific excellence.Linda Nazar is a distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo and has been studying battery materials for over three decades.

A professor and researcher at the University of Waterloo has received the highest recognition in Canada for scientific excellence.Linda Nazar is a distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo and has been studying battery materials for over three decades.

Calgary-based Sumerian Oil and Gas is planning legal action against the Alberta Energy Regulator following months of enforcement issues. The company now alleges that its assets on Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, in central Alberta, were not secured as required before the deadly fire on Oct. 17.

Hockey powers Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic will refuse to play against Russia at next year's world championship, as a growing boycott movement across Europe now includes six of the 16 nations in the men's tournament.

Sweden and Norway joined Finland in pledging to boycott games against Russia at the ice hockey world championship, and another leading sponsor threatened to walk out as a rift in the sport deepened Tuesday.

Norway joined Finland in pledging to boycott games against Russia at the ice hockey world championship as a rift in the sport deepened Tuesday.

Rescuers in southern Ukraine continued an intense search Tuesday for survivors at a bombed-out aid facility and shelter where at least 31 people were killed and dozens were still missing.

The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 29 on Tuesday, with 48 still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country. It comes even as talks between the two warring sides have been set for next week.

The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 29 on Tuesday, with 48 still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country. It comes even as talks between the two warring sides have been set for next week.

PermaC Land & Environment Inc. was co-founded by academic and entrepreneur Cansu Culha and former Tetlit Gwich’in chief James Ross. The two incorporated the company in January, and spent the summer putting their product — dubbed the “green blanket” — to the test.

Donald Eenkooren says he's happy but a bit surprised to learn the "Lest we forget" flag will fly at Queen's Park in Toronto this Remembrance Day, although it won't be on one of the three official ceremonial flagpoles at the Ontario Legislature.

A woman out trick-or-treating with her children on Halloween says she was disturbed to see a man wearing a full Nazi uniform on a residential street in Cole Harbour, N.S.

Students from nursery to Grade 6 in Fisher River are taking Cree classes every other day of the week, in a push to improve fluency. Most adults in the community, located in Manitoba's Interlake, can't speak the language.