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Cole Fortner

Reporter · CA

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Cole Fortner

    Application period for mail-in Alberta referendum ballots ends today, 673K requested (opens the original)

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    Today is the last day to apply for a mail-in ballot for Alberta’s referendum. Elections Alberta says it will stop accepting applications as of midnight and that mail-in ballots must be returned by Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. The agency says that as of Thursday afternoon it’s received 673,000 requests for mail-in ballots. The total marks a staggering increase from the nearly 60,000 requested for the province’s 2023 general election, though the rules for who could vote by mail have relaxed since then. Alber

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Cole Fortner

    Alberta premier says mistake fixed after First Nations ignored in birthday statement (opens the original)

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    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she stepped in to fix a “glitch” that saw Indigenous Peoples erased from her official statement marking the province’s 121st birthday. Within an hour of sending the Alberta Day statement on Tuesday, the government sent an updated version removing the sentence including Indigenous Peoples from its English version. Smith said public servants made the move and that she urged them to revert to the original statement. “I said, ‘why don’t you just put up the origina

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Cole Fortner

    Alberta's Smith says Tennessee trip isn't sending wrong message during trade war (opens the original)

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    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her upcoming trip to Tennessee isn’t sending the wrong message during the trade war between Canada and its southern neighbour. Smith says she believes in diplomacy and that it’s her job to work with officials of all types to remind them of the importance of the relationship between the two countries. The premier is set to travel to Nashville later this week on a personal trip but her office says she’ll be taking time out to meet with state tourism officials an

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Cole Fortner

    TSB calls for stricter rules on medical fitness assessments after Alberta train crash (opens the original)

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    The Transportation Safety Board is calling on the federal government to strengthen its oversight of how railways assess whether employees are medically fit for work. The call comes after an investigation into a 2023 collision between two Canadian National Railway trains near Wainwright, Alta., about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. The TSB found that a locomotive engineer had been cleared to work despite incomplete medical assessments related to his Type 1 diabetes. It says the that on Aug.

  5. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Cole Fortner

    Alberta delaying new restrictions on flags in schools, national anthem mandate (opens the original)

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    New provincial rules restricting which flags can be flown in Alberta schools and a mandate for playing the national anthem once a week are being delayed until later this year, the government says. Also being delayed is a change that grants the education minister the power to name or rename public schools. The new rules were expected to take effect on Sept. 1, in time for the school year. They stem from a bill passed in the spring that Premier Danielle Smith’s government has said is meant to remo

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