🚑 Breaking & Incidents
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Fatal shooting at Alberta Pipe Trades College in northwest Edmonton. Edmonton police were called to the college near 161 Street and 118 Avenue at about 8:30 a.m.; one man was found with life‑threatening injuries and later pronounced dead. Police say witnesses reported a grey sedan with tinted windows and multiple gunshots; homicide detectives are also examining a linked RCMP scene in Parkland County.
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Fiery Calgary bus crash kills three, injures 16 including a police officer. The chain‑reaction crash on Saddletowne Circle N.E. just after 1 p.m. involved two transit buses and multiple vehicles; natural gas tanks on the second bus ignited and an explosion followed. Police say three passengers died and 16 were injured; investigators are working to determine the cause.
🏛️ Government & Politics
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Alberta ordered rollback of Edmonton infill zoning; city council seeks clarity. Dozens of residents attended a special council meeting after the province’s Oct. 8 announcement to revert infill rules to pre‑2024 zoning; Mayor Andrew Knack said the move raises questions about council authority. City officials told councillors they have only the Oct. 8 announcement and have not received a written directive.
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Referendum day set for Monday; over 1,400 polling stations will open across Alberta. Advance voting runs through Saturday and officials expect turnout of 80–85% of nearly three million electors; polling stations on Monday will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters need one government photo ID or two ID pieces with name and address as listed by Elections Alberta.
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McGill researchers warn narratives planted to dispute Alberta referendum results. The Media Ecosystem Observatory found no clear drop in inauthentic accounts but says online narratives are being prepared to contest the vote; researchers flagged viral claims linking Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres to changes in separatist traffic.
🏈 Sports
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Utah Mammoth upset Edmonton, 4–2, as Clayton Keller scores twice. The Mammoth improved to 6‑2‑0 with a 4–2 road win in Edmonton; Barrett Hayton and Logan Cooley also scored for Utah, which has won three straight games.
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Calgary Stampeders host B.C. Lions in season finale with playoff hopes alive. The Stampeders are 8–9 and can reach 9–9 with a win; Calgary plays B.C. (10–6) at McMahon Stadium as kicker Rene Paredes prepares to retire after 15 years.
📰 Also Today
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- Alberta's former elections chief calls mail‑in ballot rule a barrier.
- Body of P.E.I. man recovered months after fatal accident at Alberta oilsands site.
- Poilievre urges Albertans not to 'quit' on Canada ahead of separation vote.
- Smith, Carney pitch unity ahead of Alberta referendum.
- Danielle Smith said no to a second referendum; decision may not be hers.
- Campaigns enter homestretch ahead of Alberta referendum Monday.
- Fort McMurray mom in limbo as mould in neighbouring condo remains unrepaired.
- Wording of referendum questions causing major confusion, say community groups.
- Alberta separatism question strains relationships, says report.
- Quebec sovereigntists distance from Alberta separatists ahead of referendum.
- Edmonton councillor urges city to consider regulating data centres.
- Three dead, several injured after fiery Calgary bus crash.
- 'Vote like Canada depends on it,' Carney says at Calgary rally.
