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L'Alberta dit « oui » au Canada : Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le référendum de l'Ouest
Au tour du Québec, maintenant? 🤔
Les Albertains et Albertaines ont parlé : l'indépendance de l'Alberta a été largement rejetée et la province de l'Ouest restera au sein d'un Canada uni, selon les plus récents résultats préliminaires du référendum tenu ce lundi 19 octobre.
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Au moment d'écrire ces lignes, Elections Alberta rapporte que plus de 1,36 million de personnes ont voté en faveur du maintien de l'Alberta au sein du Canada, contre 433 360 qui souhaitent que le gouvernement provincial entame des démarches de séparation.
À 8 h 45, ce mardi 20 octobre, au lendemain du vote, 78 % des bulletins avaient été comptabilisés. Au total, dix questions étaient posées à la population. La plus déterminante portait sur l'avenir de l'Alberta, et le personnel électoral accordait la priorité à cette question lors du dépouillement.
Ainsi, l'Alberta est devenue la deuxième province canadienne à rejeter l'indépendance par voie référendaire, après le Québec.
Les neuf autres questions étaient également d'ordre constitutionnel. Cinq d'entre elles portaient notamment sur l'immigration et le partage des pouvoirs entre Ottawa et Edmonton.
Selon le site Web d'Elections Alberta, les résultats finaux officiels devraient être connus d'ici le 29 octobre.
Sur les réseaux sociaux, la première ministre albertaine Danielle Smith s'est dite « heureuse » de constater que les résultats préliminaires d'Elections Alberta « montrent un appui massif » au maintien de l'Alberta au sein du Canada.
« Les Albertains et les Albertaines ont voté en faveur d’une Alberta plus forte au sein d’un Canada uni », a-t-elle écrit, annonçant une allocution à la population ce mardi pour faire le point sur la situation.
Du côté d'Ottawa, le premier ministre Mark Carney a salué, dans une déclaration écrite, les résultats obtenus à la « question fondamentale sur la séparation » de la province, qui « nous indiquent que la population de l’Alberta et tout le Canada ira de l’avant ensemble, avec une détermination renouvelée et une grande ambition ».
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Election results are tied between mayoral candidates in Lytton, B.C.
Lytton, B.C., election results tied for mayor
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The municipal election in Lytton, B.C., has resulted in a tie between two mayoral candidates with differing views on the community's recovery from a devastating wildfire that destroyed much of the village five years ago.
The results posted to the village's website on Monday show Denise O'Connor, the incumbent, and challenger Jennifer Thoss each received 45 votes.
Thoss, who was elected as a councillor in 2022, has criticized the village's handling of the recovery and rebuilding process after the wildfire in June 2021.
She told The Canadian Press last spring that more than $50 million in planned infrastructure funded largely by Ottawa would ultimately "bankrupt" the tiny village, where the shrunken tax base wouldn't be able to sustain the operations costs.
Thoss said the facilities would be overbuilt for the community, while O'Connor said "dwelling on the negative" won't help the town rebuild and the village can't attract new and returning residents if lacks infrastructure and amenities.
The ballots from the Oct. 17 election will undergo a judicial recount and Lytton's election procedures bylaw indicates that a tie would be resolved by drawing a lot.
A similar process unfolded in Peachland, B.C., in 2018, when an incumbent mayoral candidate and a challenger each received 804 votes.
A judge oversaw a recount that confirmed the tie, then drew a name out of a box and declared the incumbent, Cindy Fortin, would serve another four-year term.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Mounties investigate after man flashes knife at youth in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Man flashes knife at youth in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Mounties in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., say a man is in custody after flashing a knife at youth over the weekend.
They say the incident happened late Saturday evening in the small town, which gained international attention earlier this year after a mass shooter killed eight victims, including six children, before turning the weapon on herself.
Police say officers responded to the knife report at the 100-block of Kinuseo Avenue and apprehended the man under the Mental Health Act.
They say he was brought to a hospital by officers but was released Monday and brought back to Tumbler Ridge, where he will remain in custody until he attends court.
Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says the Mounties want to assure the public that they are taking the situation very seriously and there is no further risk to the public, though the investigation is ongoing.
She says the detachment appreciates all the information received from the public and commends the youth involved for quickly reporting it to police.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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A Wedding Guest Cut The Newlyweds' Cake Just For Herself & TikTok Is Melting Down Over It
"You have no idea how angry this is making me."
Nothing says "pure chaos" like walking up to a newlywed couple's pristine wedding cake and cutting a slice for yourself — before they even get a chance to taste it.
TikTok user @mediocrehailey sparked a major outcry on the app recently, after posting video of herself cutting the first slice of her friend's wedding cake before the bride and groom could even get their moment with it.
And while that sounds like a major power move, it seems she did it entirely by accident.
"Me! A guest at my friend's wedding," reads the caption over her video of the incident, which has gone viral online. "Ignoring the brownie table and confidently cutting myself a slice of HER WEDDING CAKE, thinking uh-oh! They forgot to serve it to everyone else!"
The video shows her not only cutting a slice for herself, but then licking her fingers and dancing away to the DJ's next song, completely unaware of what she's done.
Yikes.
"I know better now," continued her caption. "I hate myself!"
How do you even recover from that, or begin to apologize to the newlyweds?
People did not hold back in the comments, with many ripping her for somehow not reading the room at the wedding. Others were shocked that she shared the embarrassing video on TikTok, where it now has over 5.8 million views.
The top comment under the video read: "You couldn't pry this information out of me if I did this to someone at their wedding," because some things are just better to keep to yourself.
"You have no idea how angry this is making me," wrote another user.
Many users said they would "no longer be on speaking terms" with someone who did this at their wedding.
Another pointed out that "someone was even recording this instead of running up and stopping you."
"Was this your first wedding??" asked another commenter.
Safe to say that people were angry, but it looks like the bride herself managed to get over it.
The poster apologized to the bride and groom in her caption, and the bride showed up in the comments to accept the apology.
"As the bride whose cake this is - SHE IS FORMALLY FORGIVEN AND HAS LEARNED HER LESSON IN WEDDING ETIQUETTE," she wrote.
Phew!
Despite the bride being over the whole kerfuffle, some people are still trying to wrap their minds around the blunder in the first place.
"Omg, so I see that the bride commented forgiving you, but I still need to go through my own emotional process with this one," wrote one user.
So the next time you're at a wedding, learn from this TikToker's mistake and don't help yourself to a slice of cake!