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Just before the snap provincial election call, the BC NDP-led provincial government was developing changes to provincial forestry laws that would allow some logging rights to be removed without compensation, reducing the cost of transferring public land to First Nations. Confidential B. C. Ministry of Forests documents outline four proposed changes to the Forest Act, alongside a disclosure that approximately 400 Crown land parcels have already been committed for transfer through treaty and reconciliation agreements.

ManitobaThe decision to pause a manslaughter charge against a man accused in the death of Ste. Anne chef Cameron Huley should not be seen as "diminishing consequences," a prosecutor told a Winnipeg court. Crown couldn't prove Jess Wyness's actions were 'not legally justifiable' in death of Cameron HuleyCBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2026 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 15Listen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Chef Cameron Huley, 46, is seen in an undated photo. He died in May, shortly after what police called an assault during a social gathering in the rural municipality of Ste. Anne. (Submitted by Jason Huley)The case against a man who was charged with manslaughter in the death of Ste. Anne chef Cameron Huley was stayed because the prosecutor believes there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction. Huley, 49, died a few hours after an altercation at a "social gathering" in the rural municipality of Ste. Anne in the early morning on May 3, police said at the time.

PoliticsThe Liberal government plans to transform its year-old Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation. The proposed overhaul could fundamentally reshape Canada's notoriously cumbersome defence procurement system, while raising fresh questions about oversight, accountability and how far Ottawa will go. Legislation expected to transform Defence Investment Agency into independent bodyMurray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2026 8:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 6Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Doug Guzman, CEO of the Defence Investment Agency, left, listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney takes questions from journalists at the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries annual defence industry trade show on May 27. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)The Liberal government plans to turn the fledgling Defence Investment Agency (DIA) into a Crown corporation in order to move military purchases along more swiftly, two federal sources tell CBC News.

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The 20th annual Cape to Cabot road race is taking place tomorrow. The grueling 20 km trek sees participants running from one historic landmark to another: From Cape Spear to Cabot Tower on top of Signal Hill. The race starts at 8 a.m., and because of that there are a few related road closures in St. John’s. Between 7:45 and 11a.m. there will be numerous road closures along the route. A full list can be found online at VOCM dot com. Expect traffic impacts from 7:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. on routes including Blackhead Road, Southside Road, Water Street, Harbour Drive, Duckworth Street, Temperance Street and Signal Hill Road.

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if that’s so, she expects everyone to accept it and move on. Leaders of the independence movement contest that. And political watchers are divided about whether separation — previously a fringe sentiment — will now be a prominent, permanent feature of Alberta’s political landscape, as in Quebec. Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s resource economy without giving back — the movement will have fuel. “Even if the referendum is lost, the westernization will still be around, because it’s kind of a way which, traditionally, Albertans have related to the rest of Canada,” says Castro-Rea, who believes western alienation may remain indefinitely. Story continues below advertisement