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Trade WarUpdated: October 19, 2026 at 6:58p.m. EDTPublished: October 19, 2026 at 7:00a.m. EDTCTV News is your Alberta Referendum headquarters. Live results. Expert analysis. Everything you need to know is here. Voting is now underway in the Alberta referendum as people head to the polls to answer 10 questions, including whether the province should stay in Canada or have another vote to separate. More than one million people have already voted via mail-in ballots and advance voting. Polls were originally scheduled to stay open until 8 p.m. MT / 10 p.m. ET but Elections Alberta says some polls will stay open until 10 p.m. MT / 12 a.m. ET because of delays earlier in the day. The first five questions ask about immigrants to Alberta and their access to health care, education and citizenship. The next four ask about Alberta’s constitutional and judicial power in the country. The final question asks if the province should stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separating. It is referendum day in Alberta Monday is referendum day in Alberta. Former premier Jason Kenney says the outcome is not guaranteed, despite the appearance of polls.

Trade WarUpdated: October 19, 2026 at 5:19p.m. EDTPublished: October 19, 2026 at 7:00a.m. EDTCTV News is your Alberta Referendum headquarters. Live results. Expert analysis. Everything you need to know is here. Voting is now underway in the Alberta referendum as people head to the polls to answer 10 questions, including whether the province should stay in Canada or have another vote to separate. More than one million people have already voted via mail-in ballots and advance voting. Polls were originally scheduled to stay open until 8 p.m. MT / 10 p.m. ET but Elections Alberta says some polls will stay open until 10 p.m. MT / 12 a.m. ET because of delays earlier in the day. The first five questions ask about immigrants to Alberta and their access to health care, education and citizenship. The next four ask about Alberta’s constitutional and judicial power in the country. The final question asks if the province should stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separating. It is referendum day in Alberta Monday is referendum day in Alberta. Former premier Jason Kenney says the outcome is not guaranteed, despite the appearance of polls.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 4:58p.m. EDTBOGOTA, Colombia — At least six miners were killed Monday when an open pit gold mine collapsed in a remote corner of Colombia’s Nariño province, authorities said. Jorge Tovar Castillo, a disaster response official in Nariño, said that an additional 12 to 15 miners have been reported as missing following the accident in the municipality of Santa Barbara de Iscuande. He said that municipal authorities were handling the response to the accident but added that communication had been difficult. Santa Barbara de Iscuande is surrounded by dense rainforest and can only be reached by boat or small aircraft. “We are waiting for their next report,” Tovar Castillo said. “We are waiting to see if they require additional support.”In a message on X, Nariño’s governor, Luis Alfonso Escobar, said the gold mine that collapsed was an “informal” mine. Hundreds of small mines in Colombia operate without government permits and some are controlled by rebel groups. “At this moment our priority is to save lives, accompany families and guarantee an opportune response to this painful tragedy,” Escobar wrote on X.

OTTAWA — Pamela Wallin knows her decision to resign from the Senate on Monday came as a surprise to some — but to her, she said, it “just felt like the right time” to move on after 17 years. “I know people are always surprised when somebody walks away, but we all know our time,” Wallin said in an interview. The news broke on Monday morning after a note was sent to senators from the Senate clerk and Wallin’s biography on the Senate website was changed to list her as a former member. She said she chose not to telegraph what she called a very personal decision to step down, adding a recent change in the government’s assisted dying policies gave her the closure she needed. Justice Minister Sean Fraser holds a media availability to outline the government’s planned legislation on medical assistance in dying in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/J... Justice Minister Sean Fraser holds a media availability to outline the government’s planned legislation on medical assistance in dying in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 3:53p.m. EDTBNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. MONTRÉAL — Quebec Superior Court has rejected a motion by Amazon filed in connection with the company’s challenge to unionization efforts at its now-shuttered Laval warehouse. A union affiliated with the CSN was certified in May 2024, before the e-commerce giant shuttered all seven of its warehouses in the province. Amazon had challenged the unionization, arguing the process violated workers’ freedom of association because a secret vote was not held. Latest updates on company news hereAmazon argued that this violated the right of workers to freedom of association, but Quebec’s administrative labour tribunal ruled in October 2024 that the company didn’t have standing to invoke that right on behalf of others. Amazon challenged the decision on procedural fairness grounds, asserting that it had not been given the opportunity to fully present its position. Quebec Superior Court, however, has upheld the labour tribunal’s decision and dismissed the challenge.

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