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Mail-in ballot delivery rules posing barriers: Alberta's former top election official
Former election official raises voting concerns
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Alberta's former top election official says he has effectively lost his right to vote in the province's upcoming separation referendum, and he's pointing the finger at his successor.
Glen Resler says he applied to vote by special ballot but was unable to get it back in the mail last week, when Canada Post could still guarantee delivery before tomorrow's 5 p.m. deadline.
The province's former chief electoral officer says he tried to deliver his ballot in-person to Elections Alberta's office in Edmonton, but he was turned away and told provincial law dictates special ballots can only be returned by mail.
Resler says he was encouraged to vote at advance polls this week instead, something he says wasn't an option as he was leaving town.
While provincial law says Elections Alberta can only accept special ballots by mail, Resler says there's a clause that allows the chief electoral officer to permit in-person deliveries but he's refusing to use that power.
He says the decision means Elections Alberta is disenfranchising voters like himself.
Elections Alberta says it can only accept special ballots in-person or by courier when it's not reasonably possible for voters to access mail services, which it understands as being limited to those who live in remote areas.
It says the rule was brought in last year by the province and that the agency agrees with its former leader that it represents a barrier for voters.
The agency says it hopes the government considers changes in the future.
By Jack Farrell | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Sunnybrook hospital parts ways with worker caught on video using 'racist language'
Video prompts Sunnybrook to part ways with worker
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A Toronto hospital says it has parted ways with an employee who used "racist language" while riding public transit in a standoff caught on camera.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre says the worker is no longer employed at the hospital after it conducted an investigation into a video that circulated on social media.
The hospital, home to Canada's largest trauma centre, says it recognizes the harm the incident has caused especially for the organization's Black staff, patients and supporters.
Sunnybrook adds the former employee's behaviour is inconsistent with its values.
The hospital did not say which video prompted the investigation, but footage filmed on a Toronto subway and shared on social media showed a person wearing a Sunnybrook sweater being confronted by other subway riders after they used derogatory language against Black people.
The video concludes with the person, who identifies themselves as a Sunnybrook employee, appearing to knock the camera out of the hands of the rider recording them.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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Fifty-nine Parti Québécois members swear oath at provincial legislature
Parti Québécois caucus sworn in at legislature
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Fifty-nine Parti Québécois representatives elected in the Oct. 5 general election are being sworn in at the provincial legislature.
The sovereigntist party fell short of the 64 seats needed to form a majority, but could get closer to that threshold after requesting recounts in two ridings where it came second.
The PQ's elected officials will take an oath before the people of Quebec.
They are no longer required to swear an oath to the King since the legislature changed its rules in 2022 when PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon refused to pledge his allegiance to the reigning monarch of Canada.
Liberal, Conservative and Québec solidaire representatives will be sworn in next week.
St-Pierre Plamondon is scheduled to unveil his cabinet and officially form a government on Oct. 21.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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