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BC’s strike ends with agreement, Alberta’s with animosity. David Eby threatens an election and Mark Carney mulls the inevitability of one. Links Striking B.C. public service workers announce tentative deal with province | CBC News BCGEU says tentative agreement reached in historic strike | Globalnews.ca How an all-night mediation session sealed the tentative deal between BCGEU and province https://x.com/katiederosayyj/status/1983639248860541068?t=P7O51eDI34UB3ZAcuceebw&s=19 B.C. premier prepared to call early election if bill for North Coast Transmission Line voted down | CBC News ‘No real recovery’ for John Rustad amid dwindling support: Poll | Vancouver Sun https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Media-Release-BC-Gov-Report-Card-Oct-2025.pdf Four psychiatrists in Vernon Jubilee Hospital tender resignation – Castanet.net B.C. Greens want to tie rent increases to units, not tenants – but face uphill battle | CBC News ‘Right now, we don’t have the votes’ to pass federal budget, says Liberal House leader | CBC News Conservative, NDP caucuses weighing a budget vote that could trigger an election: sources | CBC News Bloc Québécois candidate who lost by 1 vote loses bid to have result cancelled | CBC News MPs urge Carney government to release special agency governing documents | CBC News Carney saw Reagan anti-tariff ad before it aired, Ford says – The Globe and Mail Premier Eby says B.C.’s anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead | Vancouver Sun Is it time Canada had its own space launch capability? The military thinks so ‘Forever Canadian’ petition surpasses goal ‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca CBA Alberta Statement on the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause