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Elections Alberta apologized for mail-in referendum packages that carried an outdated declaration line, and for packages missing ballot questions. Voters are told to strike the line out and return the form; the deadline to apply for a special ballot is Sept. 25.

Elections Alberta has moved the special ballot application deadline from Oct. 9 to Sept. 25 after mail-in requests for the Oct. 19 referendum reached 290,000.

Forever Canadian’s unity bus handed out lawn signs in Calgary Saturday as federal Conservatives launched a remain campaign ahead of Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum.

Ottawa named Patrick Pichette CEO of Digital Transformation Canada on Sept. 3. In April he urged Liberals to shut the TN visa program or charge grads $500,000.

A federal data field meant to flag contracts signed by ministers and their political staff has been used 115 times in 1.3 million records, an analysis shows.

A record-by-record review of Elections Canada’s candidate returns database found that 204 of the 214 candidates in the August 2025 Battle River-Crowfoot by-election have no financial figures published at all, almost nine months after the filing deadline. 203 of them share one official agent.

A Calgary unity concert is set for Sept. 20, but Alberta courts have twice ruled that separation would breach Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 obligations.

Indigenous MPs condemned a residential school denialist shirt campaign this week. Three months earlier, the Senate rejected an amendment to criminalize denialism.

A new Immigration and Refugee Board practice notice takes effect Sept. 7, barring AI-written refugee narratives and requiring disclosure of AI translation. Self-represented claimants are covered too.

The Newfoundland town says the invitation to the 25th anniversary commemoration was diplomatic protocol, not an endorsement, while a House of Commons e-petition calling for Hoekstra’s removal has reached 266,759 validated signatures.