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A nasty standoff between the Alberta government and its 51,000 teachers – with each side accusing the other of lying — is set to turn into an all-out advertising war.

Finance Minister Nate Horner’s office confirmed Wednesday it plans to release an advertising campaign to push its side in the dispute, countering a campaign by the Alberta Teachers’ Association that has been ongoing for weeks.

“The government must now correct the false narrative the ATA has created,” Horner says in a statement.

The Conservatives are pushing for a "three strikes" law to deny bail to repeat offenders and tougher sanctions for domestic violence.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made crime a central focus of his election campaign in the spring, and on Thursday he brought that message to the House of Commons.

The Conservatives brought forward a motion calling on the government to introduce what they call a "three-strikes-and-you're-out" law to prevent people convicted of three "serious" offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest.

A subway in Times Square in New York turned into a place of worship this past weekend.

[k]ings' Church in New York City held a worship service in the busy heart of the city, and according to organizers, it was beyond what they imagined.

Passerbys joined in the worship, singing songs and raising their hands in the air. 

After taking a year off from touring, popular Christian duo for King & Country is back on the map...literally.

On Wednesday, the brothers released a preview of a new song they plan to release later this fall.

The song, "World on Fire," featuring Taylor Hill, is the first single of their next chapter.

The Alberta government says it will maintain a frozen industrial carbon tax price for 2026, putting the province at odds with federal rules.

Premier Danielle Smith announced the freeze in May, saying Alberta's price would stay at $95 per tonne of emissions for an indefinite period of time.

Alberta was set to increase the price to $110 per tonne starting next year — in line with the federal schedule — but now says it's keeping the freeze in place for 2026.

The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ottawa brought forward the request in a factum filed at the court on Wednesday, as part of a landmark case on Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.

Quebec has invoked the notwithstanding clause of the Charter in its legislation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

The agreement will cover infrastructure, trade, health, agriculture, emergency preparedness and security, senior government officials say.

Carney's two-day visit to Mexico City is happening as Ottawa seeks more trade with Mexico in response to the United States' trade war, and as both countries brace for the renegotiation of the continental trade deal linking all three economies.

The union for educational assistants in Alberta, fresh off its own strike, says its members won't step in to help schools if teachers walk off the job next month.

Canadian Union of Public Employees Alberta president Raj Uppal says members are being advised to refuse teachers' work and to get union officials to clarify areas where those duties could overlap.

She says the union supports teachers and will do "everything in our legal power" to help them improve classroom conditions.

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