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Tiroteo en colegio, retroceso de zonificación y referendo: Edmonton, viernes

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🚑 Últimas noticias e incidentes

  1. Tiroteo mortal en Alberta Pipe Trades College en el noroeste de Edmonton. La policía de Edmonton fue llamada al colegio cerca de 161 Street y 118 Avenue alrededor de las 8:30 a.m.; se encontró a un hombre con heridas que ponían en riesgo su vida y luego fue declarado muerto. Testigos reportaron un sedán gris con vidrios polarizados y múltiples disparos; detectives de homicidios también investigan una escena vinculada de la RCMP en Parkland County.

  2. Choque en cadena y con incendio en Calgary deja tres muertos y 16 heridos, entre ellos un policía. El choque en cadena en Saddletowne Circle N.E. poco después de la 1 p.m. involucró dos buses de transporte público y varios vehículos; los tanques de gas natural del segundo bus se encendieron y se produjo una explosión. La policía informó que tres pasajeros murieron y 16 resultaron heridos; los investigadores trabajan para determinar la causa.

🏛️ Gobierno y política

  1. Alberta ordenó el retroceso de la zonificación de infill en Edmonton; el ayuntamiento busca claridad. Decenas de residentes asistieron a una sesión especial del concejo tras el anuncio del 8 de octubre de la provincia de revertir las normas de infill a la zonificación anterior a 2024; el alcalde Andrew Knack dijo que la medida plantea dudas sobre la autoridad del concejo. Funcionarios municipales dijeron a los concejales que solo cuentan con el anuncio del 8 de octubre y que no han recibido una directiva por escrito.

  2. Día del referendo fijado para el lunes; más de 1,400 centros de votación abrirán en toda Alberta. La votación anticipada se extiende hasta el sábado y las autoridades esperan una participación del 80–85% de casi tres millones de electores; los centros de votación el lunes estarán abiertos de 9 a.m. a 8 p.m. Los votantes necesitan una identificación con foto emitida por el gobierno o dos piezas de identificación con nombre y dirección según el registro de Elections Alberta.

  3. Investigadores de McGill advierten que se preparan narrativas para disputar los resultados del referendo en Alberta. El Media Ecosystem Observatory no halló una caída clara de cuentas inauténticas, pero dice que se están preparando narrativas en línea para impugnar la votación; los investigadores señalaron afirmaciones virales que vinculan ataques ucranianos a centros de datos rusos con cambios en el tráfico separatista.

🏈 Deportes

  1. Utah Mammoth sorprende a Edmonton, 4–2; Clayton Keller anota dos veces. Los Mammoth mejoraron a 6‑2‑0 con una victoria 4–2 como visitante en Edmonton; Barrett Hayton y Logan Cooley también anotaron para Utah, que suma tres triunfos seguidos.

  2. Calgary Stampeders reciben a los B.C. Lions en la última fecha de la temporada con esperanzas de playoffs. Los Stampeders están 8–9 y pueden quedar 9–9 con una victoria; Calgary enfrenta a B.C. (10–6) en el McMahon Stadium mientras el pateador Rene Paredes se prepara para retirarse tras 15 años.

📰 También hoy

  • Alberta elimina protecciones de hábitat para el mayor sisón (greater sage grouse) en peligro para favorecer el desarrollo industrial.
  • La exjefa electoral de Alberta califica la regla de voto por correo como una barrera.
  • Recuperan el cuerpo de un hombre de P.E.I. meses después de un accidente fatal en un yacimiento de arenas bituminosas de Alberta.
  • Poilievre pide a los habitantes de Alberta que no 'renuncien' a Canadá antes de la votación sobre la separación.
  • Smith y Carney promueven la unidad antes del referendo en Alberta.
  • Danielle Smith dijo no a un segundo referendo; la decisión quizá no dependa de ella.
  • Las campañas entran en la recta final antes del referendo en Alberta el lunes.
  • Madre de Fort McMurray en limbo mientras el moho en el condominio contiguo sigue sin repararse.
  • La redacción de las preguntas del referendo causa gran confusión, dicen grupos comunitarios.
  • La pregunta sobre el separatismo en Alberta tensa relaciones, según informe.
  • Soberanistas de Quebec se distancian de los separatistas de Alberta antes del referendo.
  • Concejal de Edmonton insta a la ciudad a considerar regular centros de datos.
  • Tres muertos y varios heridos tras el choque incendiario en Calgary.
  • 'Voten como si Canadá dependiera de ello', dijo Carney en un mitin en Calgary.

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