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UCP Riding Review, E‑Scooter Rules & Formenton Protest — Edmonton Sunday

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🏛️ Government & Politics

  1. UCP riding group demands a leadership review as a separatist leader criticizes Danielle Smith's unity stance. The article reports the UCP riding group's formal demand for a leadership review and a separatist leader publicly criticizing Premier Danielle Smith's call for unity. Both developments are reported within Alberta party politics and involve named actors: the UCP riding group and Danielle Smith.

  2. Alberta government is mulling regulations for micromobility vehicles such as e-scooters. The report states the Alberta government is considering new rules that would cover e-scooters and similar micromobility devices. The coverage identifies the provincial government as the decision-maker weighing regulatory options for those vehicle classes.

  3. Analysis outlines the tangled what-ifs of Alberta separation across trade, treaties, currency and disaster costs. The piece lists concrete areas—trade, treaties, currency and disaster-cost responsibilities—that would be affected by a hypothetical Alberta separation. The article presents those four specific policy domains as central questions in separation debates.

🎨 Community & Culture

  1. A new wave of 'kid-preneurs' is expanding beyond lemonade stands as children make their own money. The story profiles the trend of children engaging in small businesses and identifies lemonade stands as one example while noting newer kid-run ventures. The coverage centres on Alberta families and children participating in micro-entrepreneurship.

  2. Alberta teens are reaping business and life lessons from their first garden project. The article describes a first garden run by Alberta teenagers and frames the garden as teaching both business skills and life lessons to the participants. The piece identifies the participants as teens and the project as their initial garden.

  3. Alberta researchers are investigating how zombie parasites take control of ant brains. The report names Alberta researchers as conducting studies into parasitic manipulation of ant behaviour and specifies that the parasites target ant brains. The article locates the research work in Alberta.

  4. Debate over slowing AI asks whether AI is evolving too fast. The article summaries a public debate about calls to slow AI development and frames the central question as whether AI is advancing too rapidly. The coverage cites the broader policy and public-discussion context around AI pacing.

  5. Hockey fans protested Alex Formenton's signing outside the Oilers' pre-season opener. The story reports that protesters gathered over Alex Formenton's signing at the Edmonton Oilers' pre-season opener, naming Formenton and the Oilers as focal points of the protest. The protest took place at the team's pre-season event.

📰 Also Today

  • Analysis lists trade, treaties, currency and disaster-cost questions for Alberta separation.
  • Public debate examines calls to slow AI development and its pace.
  • Kids expanding entrepreneurship beyond lemonade stands in Alberta.
  • Alberta teens run their first garden, gaining business and life lessons.
  • Alberta researchers study parasites that control ant brains.
  • Fans protested Alex Formenton's signing at Oilers' pre-season opener.
  • Province considers regulations for e-scooters and other micromobility vehicles.
  • UCP riding group calls for leadership review amid separatist criticism of Smith.

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Source Articles (8)

UCP riding group demands leadership review as separatist leader criticizes Danielle Smith's unity stance

To force a party vote on the premier's leadership, 22 riding associations would need to make same request.

General Sep 20, 2026

Alberta gov't mulling regulations around micromobility vehicles like e-scooters

The Alberta government is considering implementing legislation that would allow municipalities to govern the use of e-scooters and similar vehicles, according to the transportation ministry.

General Sep 20, 2026

Hockey fans protest Alex Formenton signing outside Oilers' pre-season opener

More than 100 hockey fans gathered outside Rogers Place Saturday night ahead of the Edmonton Oilers' pre-season home opener to protest the signing of Alex Formenton. The 26-year-old was acquitted of sexual assault last year. Our Tristan Mottershead has more from the protest organized by one of the team's iconic former fans, Mama Stanley.

General Sep 20, 2026

The tangled what-ifs of Alberta separation — from trade and treaties to currency and disaster costs

Here's some of what to expect when you're extracting the province from Canada.

General Sep 20, 2026

Is AI evolving too fast? A look at the debate on slowing it down

The path forward for artificial intelligence is caught between promises of breakthroughs that would benefit humanity and concerns the technology will grow too powerful for human good. Here's a look at which tech and world leaders are calling for a slowdown in AI's development.

General Sep 20, 2026

Alberta teens reap business and life lessons in first garden

It’s harvest time for the new green thumbs of BADAS Youth, or the Beaumont and District Agricultural Society Youth. This summer, they took over a plot of dirt south of Edmonton and transformed it into veggies, flowers and work experience in a tough job market.

General Sep 20, 2026

Alberta researchers investigate how zombie parasites take control of ant brains

Researchers from Calgary and Lethbridge are zeroing in on how a zombie parasite found in southern Alberta manages to invade the livers of cattle, elk and deer by first hijacking the brains of ants.

General Sep 20, 2026

Not just lemonade stands: How a new wave of 'kid-preneurs' are making their own money

Across Canada, kids are getting an early taste of entrepreneurship — earning money, testing their ideas and learning skills they can carry into adulthood. Experts say social media, AI and the rising cost of living may be helping fuel the trend.

General Sep 20, 2026