- Alberta separatists are turning their guns on Danielle Smith following their defeat in Monday's referendum. Jeffrey Rath is accusing her of being "in bed with Naheed Nenshi, Mark Carney, Rachel Notley and the rest of the socialists and globalists". He now says Alberta will never be independent as long as Smith remains premier, implying that the seppies are going to try staging a coup in the UCP to get rid of her.
- 35 soldiers remain in hospital following the disastrous fire at CFB Wainwright on the weekend. Defence Minister David McGuinty has declined to provide details on the specifics of their injuries for privacy reasons; the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Satellite images show that the fire burned roughly 10 km2 of land.
- Australian MP Helen Haynes has lost both legs as a result of the vehicle attack outside her constituency office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Meanwhile, a man has been arrested in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park after making threats at the office of Hannah Beazley, a Labor member of the Western Australia legislature, while armed with nunchucks.
- Polling for Toronto's mayoral election next week is inconsistent. A poll from Pollara gives Olivia Chow a 7 point lead over rightwing insurgent Brad Bradford, but Nanos gives Chow a lead of only three points, which is within the margin of error for the poll. The Pollara poll also asked respondents what they think of Bradford's plan to privatize Toronto Water; 62% of respondents are concerned about the proposal; this includes 57% of undecided voters and, curiously, 27% of Bradford supporters. I guess they're weighing that concern against their desire to put a white dude back in the mayor's office, though, and the latter desire is more important to them.
- A hack at Crime Stoppers has resulted in the leaking of over 1.5 million tips made by Canadians to the organization over the last 25 years. Not surprisingly, this is a source of considerable alarm for those whose identities were exposed.
- Winnipeg mayoral candidate Kevin Klein recently ran an ad for his campaign on social media. The problem is, the stock footage in the ad is of the wrong city; numerous well-known Edmonton landmarks were spotted in the video. Colin Fast, a member of incumbent mayor Scott Gillingham's campaign team, remarked "We know Kevin Klein hasn’t spent much time downtown, but we didn’t realize it had been so long that he’s forgotten what it looks like".
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