Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after teacher strike ends

by The Canadian Press October 29, 2025

written by The Canadian Press October 29, 2025

It's going to be a busy day for Alberta schools today as more than 740,000 students are set to return to class following the end of a provincewide teachers strike. Classes are resuming after Premier Danielle Smith's government invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 teachers bac...

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