🏛️ Government & Politics
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New polling shows 20% of Albertans support a second binding referendum and 81% say they plan to vote on Oct. 19. The Ipsos-based column reports 20 per cent would vote “yes” for a second binding referendum and 81 per cent of respondents said they planned to vote in the Oct. 19 referendum, and the author warns turnout math could decide whether a second vote is triggered.
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Judge orders Mentzelopoulos to return records in a wrongful-dismissal case. The court ruling requires Mentzelopoulos to return records as part of a wrongful-dismissal lawsuit, and the order was issued by a judge handling the civil case concerning employment-related document retention.
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Alberta’s public safety minister says releases of inmates to city streets are not a common occurrence. The public safety minister publicly stated that inmate releases to city streets are not common, making that declaration in response to questions about recent local releases and municipal concerns.
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Manitoba judge found Gowling WLG breached fiduciary duties in the $1.5-billion day-school settlement case. The ruling concluded Gowling failed to present plaintiffs’ fees for approval despite that the firm secured a $1.5 billion settlement and was paid $55 million in legal fees, and the judge said the amount Gowling must pay Joan Jack will be determined later.
🎨 Community & Culture
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Advocates hand-delivered thousands of postcards to the Alberta Legislature protesting perceived provincial overreach on bike lanes. Protesters delivered thousands of postcards to the Legislature to oppose the province’s actions on bike lanes, and the delivery was organised as a direct appeal to elected officials in Edmonton.
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Calgary Stampeders beat Ottawa Redblacks 45-31 as Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 422 yards and three touchdowns. The Stampeders improved to 7-8 with a 45-31 win in Ottawa as Deonta McMahon scored two touchdowns and kicker Rene Paredes made three field goals (40, 49 and 43 yards), while Ottawa fell to 0-14 for the season and extended a 20-game losing streak.
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Joan Jack’s six-year legal fight ended with a ruling acknowledging her 2009 claim work for day-school survivors. Judge Shauna McCarthy noted that Jack filed the original statement of claim in 2009 and that Gowling used a database of 12,500 potential class members when the firm took over the file in 2016.
📰 Also Today
- Poll suggests data centres are unpopular in Alberta, including concern over local siting decisions.
- Alberta separatists remain motivated, according to recent coverage of separatist movement activity in the province.
- Crown wraps up evidence in trial of Alberta Mountie accused of leaking police data to Rwandan government.
