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The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years. Source link

First Nations leaders in Quebec are calling out Premier François Legault’s government, saying the province’s proposed constitution was drafted without their consent and fails to recognize their status as sovereign nations. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce new aid measures Wednesday aimed at helping Canada’s aluminum and steel producers. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce new aid measures Wednesday aimed at helping Canada’s steel and lumber sectors. Source link

A B.C. teacher will not be allowed to be certified for eight years after messaging a student on the Grindr dating app and engaging in sexual relations with them. Source link

A group of young Cub Scouts came to the aid of three unprepared hikers in B.C.’s Golden Ears Provincial Park over the weekend amid torrential rain. Source link

Nearly 40 years after the Jamaica bobsleigh team’s first Winter Olympics inspired the film Cool Runnings, the team made history again last weekend when it captured its first ever gold medal at an international bobsleigh race.  Source link

Olympic multi-medallist Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year ban from competitions due to three whereabouts failures. Her former teammate Brittany MacLean Campbell, host of The Ready Room on CBC Radio, discusses the rules and shares her perspective on the violations. Source link

Changes to Quebec’s French-language law are creating confusion for English-speaking residents trying to access services, according to a midterm report from Canada’s commissioner of official languages. Source link

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