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Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday brushed off a court battle launched by the Opposition NDP over her government’s changes to Elections Alberta voter list rules. Smith told reporters in Edmonton that the new restrictions were called for by elections officials earlier this year after a major data breach involving a separatist group and the pro-Independence Republican Party of Alberta.“That’s what we’ve done,” Smith said at an unrelated news conference.“We have said that no one is going to get access to detailed private information of Albertans until we have a chance to legislate some guardrails around this in the fall.“That includes…

With less than two weeks to go before Albertans vote on whether it’s time to quit Confederation, Canada’s defence minister came to Alberta on Wednesday to highlight the billions of military dollars being spent in the Prairie province. David McGuinty, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith standing beside him, reiterated that Ottawa is investing $8 billion in ongoing military projects in the province.He said when the province joined Confederation in 1905, it was a choice that has been renewed across generations through what Albertans have done for the country.McGuinty said in an increasingly dangerous and divided world, it’s the current generation’s…

The second Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB) payment for the fiscal year, and the last of 2026, will arrive in bank accounts and mailboxes of qualifying Canadians as of Monday. The benefit replaced the former GST credit in July of this year, and featured a bigger payment from the federal government designed to help millions of low and modest-income households keep up with the heightened cost of living, including to buy food and other essentials.Payments are issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) every quarter, or every three months in a year, and are tax-free.The final payment for this…

The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death from pneumonia of a lab employee there last week. The U.N. health agency said on Tuesday that it has been in contact with Russian authorities following reports of the death last week of a woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.The case and the investigation, led by Russian officials, have revived memories of the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations that the coronavirus may have…

Halle Berry is asking a court to restore her former custody agreement for her 13-year-old son Maceo with her ex-husband Olivier Martinez. According to court documents, viewed and obtained by People, Entertainment Weekly and Us Weekly, the 60-year-old actor asked the court to restore her former custody agreement from August 2023, in which the former couple shared joint legal and physical custody.She is also asking to be reinstated as the tie-breaking authority, which she had under their previous agreement, and asked the court to force Martinez to attend their court-ordered therapy sessions, according to People.Global News has not independently viewed…

Edmonton’s approach to infill developments is drawing attention from the provincial government, as debate continues over the city’s zoning rules and neighbourhood redevelopment. From restrictive covenants to buying the neighbouring property, the rise in multi-unit infill builds in recent years has led some homeowners to take drastic action.In the west-central McQueen neighbourhood, a lot that was controversially slated for an eightplex is now undergoing a different redevelopment — one those involved say is a better fit for the area.“This is a very quiet residential street. It’s a one-entry crescent with a beautiful green space and the community was very, very concerned…

Indiana Fever point guard Caitilin Clark is not just widely regarded as one of the best basketball players in the world, she is also good for business. Nike shoes with Clark’s branding had a historic launch earlier this week, CEO Elliott Hill said in an earnings call on Thursday. The Nike Caitlin 1 went on sale across the world on Thursday, selling out within hours.This was the retail giant’s largest ever launch for a signature women’s shoe, Hill said.“We activated the largest women’s signature shoe launch in Nike’s history, the Caitlin 1,” Hill told investors Thursday.Aside from selling online, the…

OpenAI is launching a new Intelligent UI feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to answer your questions with interactive visuals. The update, which is rolling out to all users alongside GPT-6, gives ChatGPT the ability to combine a text response with diagrams, charts, forms, tappable buttons, and more.In a blog post explaining the change, OpenAI says it trained GPT-6 when to generate interactive visuals over text, as well as how to format them in its response. An example shared by OpenAI shows how ChatGPT might show a diagram of a seven-speed bicycle if you ask about its design, complete…

Canadian travel to the U.S. plummeted last winter and on average, Canadians spent a lot less money while travelling south of the border, data from Statistics Canada shows. Overall, Canadians made fewer trips abroad. In the last three months of 2025, Canadians made 8.7 million trips abroad, down 13 per cent compared to the same period in 2024, Statistics Canada said in its National Travel Survey and Visitor Travel Survey.But nowhere was the drop clearer than the United States.During the last quarter of 2025, the first major holiday season since the trade war with the U.S. began, Canadians took 5.4…

SUDBURY, Ontario, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Magna Mining Inc. (TSX: NICU) (OTCQX: MGMNF) (FSE: 8YD) (“Magna” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) for the restart of the fully-permitted Levack Mine (“Levack”), located in the North Range of the Sudbury Basin, northeastern Ontario, Canada. All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Levack PEA Highlights: Solid production profile and short time frame to commercial production: The Levack PEA contemplates underground mining of…