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Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton — Photo: WinterforceMedia, public domain

Policy Watch|Canada

Alberta referendum: remain holds at 74.9%, and all four constitutional questions now trail as counting nears completion

Elections Alberta’s unofficial results feed at 10:46 p.m. MT on 24 October, with 5,535 of 5,536 voting locations showing results, has 1,551,928 votes (74.9%) to remain a province and 519,029 (25.1%) to start the process toward a separation referendum. The five immigration and voting questions pass. Questions 6 to 9 (judge selection, abolishing the Senate, a federal-program opt-out and provincial-law paramountcy) trail. Elections Alberta says hand-separating ballots from voting places that used one set of boxes for several voting areas has delayed the count, but all ballots are included. Official results are due 29 October.

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Calgary Courts Centre exterior — Photo: Ultimateshot, CC BY-SA 3.0

Accountability|Canada

Judge won’t let Elections Alberta run out the clock on Forever Canadian disclosure fight

A Calgary chambers hearing pushed Rebel News’s mandamus application toward an expedited schedule before the 19 October referendum — a process fight over third-party money reports, not a ruling on the ballot questions. Update (3 Oct): Elections Alberta’s 29 September compliance agreement with Forever Canadian is a reporting split, not a fine.

Priya Nair·Lean right