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While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday’s referendum, results were decidedly closer in early returns on nine other questions. Premier Danielle Smith also polled Albertans on five questions on immigration and four about seeking a mandate to work with other provinces to change the Constitution and wrest more power from Ottawa.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty says 33 members of the Canadian Armed Forces remain in hospital after a deadly fire swept through a training ground at the military base in Wainwright, Alta., on Saturday. McGuinty was in Wainwright on Monday, where he visited both the base and CAF members who are recovering in a local hospital.

The driver of a farm tractor sustained serious, life-threatening injuries after colliding with a pickup truck in Abbotsford Monday night, police say. The Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD) says it happened just after 7 p.m. on Vye Road east of Cole Road.

Toronto·NewFormer big leaguer Richard Butler and his wife, Michelle, have been charged after a fraud investigation into the Ontario Devil Rays baseball training program, which allegedly took thousands of dollars for training it never provided, Durham police say. Former big leaguer Richard Butler and his wife Michelle are facing 3 charges eachCBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2026 10:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Michelle Butler, 52, and former professional baseball player Richard Butler, 53, are facing multiple charges after a fraud investigation focusing on the Ontario Devil Rays training program. (Durham Regional Police Services)A former Major League Baseball player and his wife have been charged after a fraud investigation into an Ontario youth baseball program, which allegedly took thousands of dollars for training it never provided, Durham police say. Between April 1 and Oct.

The Stoughton police dispatcher who told Matthew Farwell that Sandra Birchmore’s friend had called the department reporting their sexual relations is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday in Farwell’s trial in federal court. James Fitton, who still works for the town but in a different department, is listed among a number of potential witnesses Tuesday including an expert who would testify about how Farwell allegedly began grooming Birchmore, when she was a teenager in a poice Explorers youth program. Meanwhile, an FBI agent who investigated Birchmore’s death remained on the stand for the third day in a row, facing lengthy cross examination Tuesday morning about her jarring testimony. Special Agent Heidi Kelsch has spent hours in court reading aloud text exchanges between Birchmore and Farwell including discussions about a child, her threats to expose their relationship to his wife, and recollections of sexual encounters that began when Birchmore was too young to give consent. Farwell, 40, is on trial on charges that he killed Birchmore and her unborn baby, and staged Birchmore’s death to look like a suicide.

OTTAWA — Albertans voted overwhelmingly to stay in Canada on Monday in a historic referendum vote. In early returns, about three in four Albertans said yes to Confederation, while about one in four said they wanted the province to hold a second, binding referendum on leaving.