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B.C. Conservative leader Doerkson retains riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin
Doerkson retains Cariboo-Chilcotin
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that interim British Columbia Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson has been re-elected in the riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin.
The Interior riding is considered safe territory for the Conservatives, having voted either Conservative or B.C. Liberal since being formed in 2009.
Doerkson has held the seat since 2020, when he won as a B.C. Liberal.
The once-obscure legislator became interim Conservative leader two days before Saturday's provincial election was called on Sept. 22.
The former newspaper publisher and rodeo rider replaced Kerry-Lynne Findlay, whose tumultuous stint as Conservative leader triggered an exodus of legislators.
But Doerkson swiftly convinced most of them to return to the party's ranks ahead of the snap election.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
By Brenna Owen | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Son says Canadian died in U.S. after declining hospital care due to deportation fear
Canadian dies amid fear of U.S. deportation: son
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Dylan Adamson (Mandatory Credit)
The son of a Canadian woman who died after a fall at her home in Point Roberts, Wash., earlier this month says she refused to seek treatment as she feared she would be detained by U.S. authorities or prevented from returning to the country.
Dylan Adamson says his 61-year-old mother was afraid to leave the United States because immigration authorities had recently commenced deportation proceedings, alleging she illicitly voted in a state election in 2018.
Health care is limited in Point Roberts, which is cut off from the rest of the United States and accessible by land only by travelling through British Columbia, and Adamson says his mother, Paige Adamson, refused to be taken to a hospital because she feared being unable to return home due to the deportation action.
Adamson says he only learned of his mother's fall after speaking with a firefighter who attended the scene of her death last Sunday, within a week of the accident.
The fall came about a month after Paige Adamson, a U.S. permanent resident, was heading home from a birthday dinner in nearby Tsawwassen, B.C., when American border officials held her for hours and questioned her about voting in the country.
Dylan Adamson says his mother did not recall registering to vote or casting a ballot, and the ensuing deportation proceedings sent her into a "panic."
Adamson, who lives in B.C., says he's been told paramedics who saw his mother before her death said to her that she needed to go to a hospital, but she signed a form declining further care because she was afraid of crossing the border.
"I'm just at a loss. Just because of a vote, my mom is dead. Just because of a stupid technicality, my mom is dead."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Assisted living grant seeks to leverage community-level innovation
The first $50 million in grants will support projects that improve care across Alberta.
A pioneering way to deliver assisted living services could be percolating this minute in an Alberta outpost, the cabinet minister touting a new grant believes.
And a jolt of cash may be all that lies between that vision and better lives for more people in more places, said Nathan Neudorf, the minister of assisted living and social services.
"You never know where a great idea can come up," Neudorf said, as he explained the reasoning behind the $200-million Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program.
An approach developed in a small community could be “a really great idea and it’s working really well,” he said. “Can we replicate that across the province? That’s what we’re looking to do.”
Eligible businesses or groups need to gather their thoughts and materials soon to apply.
The deadline is 4 p.m. on Nov. 6 for proposals under an initial tranche of $50 million. Single-year projects will be considered for between $50,000 and $2 million, multi-year ones of up to three years for between $250,000 and $5 million.
Explained Neudorf: “What we need is a really good idea with some applicable information. Where is it going to be applied? How is it going to be applied? Why are you asking for the amount of money you're asking for?”
But he noted that proposals “can't be completely out of left field” and must be channeled through eligible organizations.
“Show us you can do it. We will evaluate it,” said Neudorf, who represents Lethbridge-East under the UCP banner. ”We think there are a lot of ideas out there.”
An information webinar happens this coming Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 2 to 3 p.m. And questions will be taken until 4 p.m. on Nov. 4.
Eligible projects might use technology like virtual and remote support services to help Albertans stay independent within their homes, the province suggests.
Novel approaches for supporting continuing care workers are fair game. So are community-based services that help support those receiving and giving care.
The program will also fund research into new approaches to improve care in ways that will work elsewhere, the government said in announcing the grant earlier this month.
A successful proposal “can look like a number of things, but at the end of the day, it's about Albertans having a better life for longer, wherever that might be for them,” said the minister.
Eligible organizations include non-profit, community and in certain cases for-profit groups involved in continuing, home and community care. Indigenous communities and organizations in Alberta, along with Alberta municipalities, are eligible.
Post-secondary and research institutions can make proposals that tap into the grant, too.
For-profit groups need to demonstrate innovation, education, system improvement or evidence generation in their proposals. Proposed spending must go beyond routine business.
Even if the province doesn’t get its money back in eventual savings, the program could prove successful, Neudorf said. The win would be that more Albertans who need care — many of them in the province’s ballooning contingent of senior citizens — receive it where and when it’s needed.
For rural and remote Alberta, that often means keeping older generations close or within their home communities for longer. Everyone benefits when seniors are nearby, the minister said.
“If kids just have to go down the road to see their grandparents, that’s great. They might stop in literally every day after school instead of only on certain weekends when they can make the trek to the big city,” Neudorf said.
Seniors connect communities and young people to a shared past, he said, and often put their experience and knowledge to work as volunteers.
Assisted living keeps jobs and care in rural Alberta, and “keeps the heartbeat alive, which is families and organizations."
For more information, visit alberta.ca and search for the Assisted Living Innovation Grant Program.
Copyright 2026, The Macleod Gazette. All rights reserved.
George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette.
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Ces plaques d'auto ont été refusées au Québec en 2022 et certaines sont épouvantables
Il y en a qui ont l'esprit tordu! 😲
Nul doute que les Québécois.es ont beaucoup d'imagination et cette liste de refus des demandes de plaques d'immatriculation personnalisées en est bien la preuve. Chaque année, des automobilistes de la Belle Province, désireux.euses d'orner leur voiture d'une plaque qui leur ressemble plus qu'un agencement aléatoire de chiffres et de lettres, tentent leur chance en envoyant leur proposition à la Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
Pour que ton idée soit acceptée, ce n'est pas chose si facile. Après ton envoi, les équipes de la SAAQ se penchent sur plusieurs critères afin d'évaluer si oui ou non ta plaque sera personnalisée comme tu le souhaites. Tu devras notamment t'assurer que la combinaison choisie n'exprime pas d'idées obscènes, scandaleuses ou de nature sexuelle, qu'elle n'utilise pas un langage abusif et qu'elle n'encourage pas une infraction criminelle. Tu devras aussi payer 272,49 $ pour les frais de changement, puis 37,66 $ par année.
Narcity a répertorié quelques-unes des 2725 combinaisons refusées les plus cocasses de 2022 dénichées sur une liste envoyée par la SAAQ. Et oui, tu vas vite t'apercevoir qu'il y a quelques petites thématiques qui semblent bien populaires chez les conducteurs et conductrices du Québec.
Marques de commerces
Les propriétaires de véhicule ne peuvent détenir « une plaque d'immatriculation qui renvoie à un nom distinctif utilisé comme marque de commerce enregistrée ». Cette consigne est inscrite bien clairement sur le formulaire de demande. Toutefois, certain.es tentent tout de même leur chance… Juste pour voir!
On a pu retrouver, entre autres, des noms d'entreprises bien connues telles que : VERSACE, AIRBNB, VISA, UBIS0FT, TWITTER, KIJIJI, AMAZ0N, Y0UP0RN et TINDER.
Les marques d'autres véhicules ont aussi été très populaires dans la dernière année avec P0RSCHE, TESLA, MUSTANG, T0Y0TA et plus encore. C'est sûr que de se promener en vieille Toyota Tercel avec une plaque FERRARI, c'est le comble de l'ironie.
Autres petites perles qui ouvriront certainement l'appétit aux automobilistes se trouvant à l'arrière de la voiture en question : 0RE0, TIMBITS et KFC. Tiens donc, j'ai une soudaine envie de poulet frit qui me tenaille!
Langage abusif et vulgaire
Peut-être en doutais-tu déjà, mais les « mauvais mots » et autres grossièretés ont la cote chez ceux et celles qui font des demandes de modification et ce n'est pas toujours très subtil. Parmi les nombreuses plaques refusées qui contiennent un langage abusif, voici celles qui se sont démarquées par leur candeur : WTFL0L, FUCKY0U, AZZH0LE, SXYMILF, CALISS, DATASS et le très chic 2FASTBK.
Une personne aurait même proposé FCKCOPS, ce qui semble être un moyen de s'attirer du trouble.
Film, télévision et musique
Plusieurs ont voulu se gâter un brin avec une plaque d'immatriculation qui fait référence à leurs films, chanteur.euses ou séries télévisées préférées. Hélas, ces propositions n'ont pas passé au conseil. Dans la liste on peut entre autres retrouver GANDALF, Y0SHI, P0KEM0N, MAD0NNA, JAGER, MINI0NS, NEM0 et AVENGER.
Voir une plaque écrite PIKACHU devant toi, c’est sûr que ça redonne le sourire, mais comme dirait un.e candidat.e au Banquier, c'est RE-FU-SÉ!
Infractions et actes criminels
Certaines personnes semblent avoir voulu mettre de l'avant leur penchant vers la criminalité. Est-ce pour appâter les forces de l'ordre? Sur la liste, les actes violents et les références à la mort sont nombreux : MURDER, MAFI0S0, DEATH, DEVIANT, PYR0MAN, KILLR, SANSL0I, CADAVR, M0RGUE, C0CAINE, PIMP1, ASSASIN, ILLEGAL.
La SAAQ est claire à ce sujet, le numéro choisi ne doit pas comporter une expression ou un message « qui encourage une infraction criminelle ».
Amoureux.euses de sports
On peut compter plusieurs fanatiques de sports parmi ceux et celles qui désirent une plaque d'immatriculation personnalisée. Avec des compositions comme WEBER, BRUINS, FIFA, WWE, LEBRON, PEEWEE et NASCAR on comprend que certain.es sont très fier.ères de leurs équipes et souhaitent le démontrer de toutes les manières.
Cependant, ce ne sera pas sur le derrière de leur véhicule, car le numéro de plaque ne doit pas laisser faussement croire que le propriétaire du véhicule routier est une autorité publique.