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Ontario Oversight of Ottawa Schools Deepens as Alberta Tests Tighter Immigration Controls at Town Halls

Both files show provinces stepping in where they say funding gaps and population pressures outpace local capacity.

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The Beaver Lake Stream fire about 60 kilometres west of Renous is still marked as out of control.
A selection of New Brunswick craft beer is pictured here at the Campbellton NB Liquor store in this file photo. According to its latest quarterly financial results, NB Liquor reported a 6.4 per cent increase in the sale of local products as a ban on U.S. alcohol remains in effect in its corporate stores.
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Overview

  • Ontario’s Ford government has kept the Ottawa‑Carleton District School Board under a provincial supervisor, appointing Bob Plamondon to erase an accrued deficit of roughly $15 million and navigate a reported $20.8‑million annual structural gap linked to low‑enrolment schools and funding limits.
  • Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel stop in Medicine Hat drew just over 400 people and strong reactions to a proposal for greater provincial control over immigration, including restricting some newcomers’ access to social services.
  • Smith said recent inflows of about 150,000 people per year, versus a historical 50,000, are overwhelming classrooms, family‑doctor access and housing, and her panel heads to Lethbridge next week for its next town hall.
  • Defending a new digital health card initiative, Smith cited 600,000 more Alberta health cards than residents and said the measure aims to curb paying for people who do not live in the province, a point that briefly drew jeers from the crowd.
  • In New Brunswick, Richibucto RCMP released a surveillance image seeking a suspect after an Aug. 30 public‑indecency report in Bouctouche, and Bathurst police arrested three people after Aug. 31 marina‑area break‑ins, with one suspect remanded and two released pending proceedings.