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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
Carney expected to unveil agreement with Alberta on new pipeline today
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil an agreement with Alberta that could clear the way for a new oil pipeline.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said her government has been negotiating with Ottawa to allow the proposed Pathways Alliance carbon-capture project to move forward alongside a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast.
Carney has vowed to make Canada an “energy superpower,” but standing in the way of a pipeline to the coast is the tanker ban that became law in 2019.
The tanker ban has been a prime target of the Alberta government, but Carney has not said whether Ottawa would end it.
Montreal university students decry Quebec government’s plan to ban prayer rooms
Muslim students at a Montreal university say they’re deeply troubled by the Quebec government’s plan to ban prayer rooms in post-secondary schools.
They say the prayer room at Concordia University is an important gathering place for the Muslim community, visited by at least 500 students a day.
Some students say they chose to attend Concordia specifically because it has had a well-established prayer room for many years.
The Quebec government is expected to table a bill today that would ban prayer rooms in public institutions, most notably colleges and universities.
Parts of Ontario to see up to 60 cm of snow, heavy wind this week: Environment Canada
Parts of southern Ontario will be hit by heavy winds and blowing snow this week, as some northern areas brace for up to 60 centimetres of snowfall.
Environment Canada has issued warnings for a stretch of the province from Wawa to Timmins, and as far north as Moosonee.
The weather office says areas of central Ontario, including the southern shores of Georgian Bay, could see up to 30 centimetres of snow into Saturday.
It also says snowfall in the Greater Toronto Area is not expected to be significant, but the region could see strong winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour, with reduced visibility in blowing snow.
Ontario should allow restorative justice in cases involving sexual offences: report
A new report is calling on the Ontario government to revisit a policy that prohibits the use of restorative justice as an alternative to criminal prosecution in cases involving sexual offences.
The report was issued today by the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, or LEAF, and the nonprofit Community Justice Initiatives.
It says the Crown policy deprives those who have experienced sexual harm from choosing the form of justice that best fits their needs.
Restorative justice is an approach that allows those harmed and those who take responsibility for said harm to reach a resolution together, typically with the help of a facilitator.
Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson’s
Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.
Their late November birthdays fall one day away from one another, and celebrations are set for this weekend.
They love debriefing after first dates, lingering in each other’s doorways to chat about the day’s events, and biking.
And, they both spent many years after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease trying to hide it.
But now, Jongsma said, “We can just be ourselves.”
Jiang, 35, doesn’t bat an eye when Jongsma, 66, crawls around the house on her knees in the morning before her medication kicks in, and there’s no judgment when Jiang cries without any emotional trigger, one of the symptoms she experiences with her young-onset Parkinson’s.
David Szalay says his Booker-winning novel ‘Flesh’ isn’t just about masculinity
David Szalay didn’t set out to write a novel about the so-called crisis in masculinity, but he doesn’t mind if you read “Flesh” that way.
“While I was writing the book, I tried not to think of it too much in terms of a broader sort of cultural discussion or a broader sort of landscape of representation,” he said in a recent video call from Vienna.
“To write a book as a deliberate attempt to participate on some level in a discussion like that might have taken the book away from a focus on … trying to write as honestly as I can about certain experiences and about experience.”
The Canadian-born author’s Booker Prize win last month prompted a slurry of think pieces about how “Flesh” fits into ongoing conversations about masculinity and male representation in a literary scene that has made a deliberate effort to include more women’s voices in recent years.
The novel centres on István, a quiet young man whose life is derailed in adolescence by a predatory relationship with an older neighbour. The book follows István’s life, with notable years-long gaps, as he joins the army and later gets a job in security that propels him into the world of England’s ultra-wealthy.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2025.
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