The federal government says it will not appeal an October Alberta Court of Appeal ruling that parts of the Impact Assessment Act remain unconstitutional, and will instead amend the law. The court found the act, revised after the Supreme Court struck down much of it in 2023, still lets Ottawa stop projects in provincial jurisdiction over even the smallest federal impact. A spokesperson for Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said details of the amendments will come later, without giving a date, and will work alongside Bill C-39, which aims to cut project review times. Alberta's government called the decision a win.
Young jobless Canadians face the longest job searches in decades, according to a C.D. Howe Institute study by economists Parisa Mahboubi and Tammy Schirle. Among jobless men aged 20 to 24, 27 per cent have been out of work six months or more, the highest share since 1983. For women that age, it is 28 per cent, the highest since at least 1976. Unemployed young university graduates fared no better this year than those with high school or less. The authors cite weak hiring, U.S. tariff uncertainty and remote work, but found little evidence that AI is displacing young workers.
PAL Airlines has pulled a Dash 8-400 from service after it lost a wheel while departing Goose Bay, Labrador, on Nov. 12, the second such incident for the same plane in less than two weeks. The Deer Lake-bound flight diverted to St. John's and landed safely. The plane also lost a wheel on Oct. 30, after which PAL says it did extensive maintenance following the manufacturer's guidance. The cause is not yet known. PAL is working with Transport Canada and manufacturer De Havilland to find it, and is inspecting wheel assemblies on its other Dash 8-400 planes as a precaution.
Prince Edward Island plans to spend about $1.34 billion on capital projects over five years, down $289 million from last year's plan, under a capital budget Finance Minister Jill Burridge tabled Nov. 10. Spending in 2027-28 would be $372.6 million, about 23 per cent less than last year. Burridge called it a deliberate slowdown to finish existing work and manage costs and borrowing, as the auditor general warns debt could reach $6 billion by 2031. Health care gets $418 million, including the Three Rivers Health Campus, and education more than $380 million. Opposition Liberals and Greens criticized the government's planning.
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Nova Scotia has accounted for the roughly $470 million Bill 148 settlement but is still working out how to pay workers, Finance Minister John Lohr said. A judge ruled in February that the 2015 law, which froze public sector wages for two years and capped increases for two more, violated collective bargaining rights. A Nov. 9 court order requires payments to about 81,000 eligible workers by Dec. 31, 2027, with eligibility lists due June 30, 2027. Workers could receive up to $5,000 each, depending on time worked. Lohr said calculations will go union by union, and non-union workers are excluded.
A study by Université de Moncton economist Pierre-Marcel Desjardins found residents of Neqotkuk, Esgenoôpetitj and Elsipogtog First Nations had less than half the share of university degrees of neighbouring Perth-Andover, Neguac and Rexton, based on 2021 census data. Similar gaps appeared in unemployment and income. People in the three nations are, on average, more than 15 years younger than their neighbours. The study was commissioned by Three Nations Education Group, which is seeking federal funding. Elsipogtog's education authority says current federal school funding is insufficient. Indigenous Services Canada said it is reviewing the study but would not discuss individual applications.
Three people face criminal charges after personal data was allegedly stolen from Quebec's auto insurance board, the SAAQ, and sold. The province's anti-corruption unit says those arrested are a former employee and two alleged accomplices. Police allege the employee used her position to access a confidential database and sold information to the other two. All three are charged with breach of trust by a public official and unauthorized use of computers. The charges have not been proven in court. The accused are due in Montreal court Dec. 17. The investigation began with a tip from the Canada Border Services Agency.
People in the Greater Toronto Area need at least $27.60 an hour to afford a reasonable standard of living, the Ontario Living Wage Network estimates. That is the highest living wage in Ontario and $9.65 above the provincial minimum wage of $17.95, which took effect Oct. 1. The lowest is $21.15 in London-Elgin-Oxford, but the non-profit network says minimum wage covers living costs in no region of the province. The average living wage across Ontario rose 1.6 per cent since 2025. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says paying a living wage isn't realistic for many small and medium-sized businesses.
An interim report commissioned by two Manitoba health-care unions says hospitals and other health-care workplaces get fewer inspections, penalties and stop-work orders than other sectors. Citing Workers Compensation Board data, it says health care had 2,827 accepted time-loss injury claims in 2025, more than any other tracked industry, while only one health-care employer has been prosecuted under workplace safety rules since 2008. Violence-related claims rose 41 per cent since 2022. The report makes seven recommendations, including a high-risk designation, with tighter enforcement, for areas such as emergency departments. The province says workers are already protected but will consider the recommendations.
A Saskatoon city council committee voted unanimously on Nov. 10 to send options for tighter control of large data centres to budget talks at the end of November. A report it endorsed says a full study would take 18 months, with any new rules to follow, at an estimated cost of $500,000. A temporary measure requiring council approval for large data centres stays in effect until August 2028 and cannot be extended. City planning staff called a large data centre within Saskatoon unlikely, and none has applied. Coun. Scott Ford said he is unlikely to support spending on the restrictions.
Calgary's debt would rise from $3.8 billion to more than $10 billion by 2030 under the city's draft four-year budget, which council begins debating on Nov. 23. The $21-billion capital plan includes $2.9 billion in new tax-supported debt for projects such as the Green Line LRT, water plant upgrades, buses and roads. Calgary would reach 80 per cent of its debt limit, up from 43 per cent this year. By 2030, about $50 million a year in property tax revenue would go to servicing the new debt. Mayor Jeromy Farkas defended borrowing for long-lasting assets, while some councillors expressed concern.
EducationPlannerBC, the application portal for British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions, has been offline for over a week after a data breach. In a Nov. 12 update, it said it identified a cybersecurity incident on Nov. 3 in which an unauthorized actor accessed a limited amount of applicant data, including names, contact details and gender. It said social insurance numbers and banking or financial information were not accessed. It is working with institutions to limit the impact on applicants facing deadlines. Simon Fraser University says it has no plans to extend its application deadlines, which close at the end of January.
A Nunavut Court of Justice judge will decide whether to dismiss a 2019 lawsuit by five Igloolik Inuit who allege the federal government subjected them to medical experiments, including skin grafts, in the 1960s and 1970s. The allegations have not been proven in court. This week, lawyers for Ottawa and three universities, brought in as third parties, argued the claims were brought too late because limitation periods had expired. The universities of Manitoba and Toronto deny involvement. Plaintiffs' lawyer Steven Cooper says a dismissal would set a harmful precedent, especially in the North. A decision is expected by year's end.
Yellowknife's draft 2027 budget proposes a 5.25 per cent property tax increase, city staff told the new mayor and council at their first public meeting on Nov. 12. The draft projects $167.5 million in spending, including $55 million for capital projects, and $145.4 million in revenue, with $22.1 million in internal transfers and other adjustments covering the gap, because the city must balance its budget. Proposed spending includes $16 million to replace Lift Station #1 and $7.2 million for water and sewer infrastructure. Council will now decide what stays, what is cut and how much residents pay in property tax.
The Yukon Hospital Corporation estimates its proposed expansion of Whitehorse General Hospital will cost about $1.1 billion and need about 500 more workers over time, officials told MLAs in the legislature on Nov. 9. The plans include 56 new inpatient beds, four new operating rooms and eight intensive care beds. Crowding has forced some patients into makeshift spaces such as an old kitchen and meeting rooms. Early work includes moving a water main and preparing the site, and maternity ward renovations are expected to start in spring. Officials say the full expansion could take five to seven years to complete.
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