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• Topless Juno protester ordered to pay fine after guilty plea

  The woman who protested topless at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March has been fined for the stunt.

  

• Tabulation change led to delay in voting results: Elections Alberta

  An Elections Alberta official says a change in how advance “vote anywhere” ballots are counted likely contributed to a delay in publishing the results in Monday's provincial election.

  

• 23 additional charges laid in series of carjackings, crashes in Edmonton

  The man who allegedly caused a number of crashes and committed violent carjackings in Edmonton earlier this month is facing an additional 23 charges.

  

• 1 hospitalized after early morning crash in west Edmonton

  One person was taken to hospital Tuesday morning after a crash involving an ETS bus in the area of 156 Street and 110 Avenue.

  

• Charges laid in Manning Crossing firearm incident; police seeking witnesses

  A man has been charged after he allegedly pointed a firearm at several people at the Manning Crossing Safeway gas bar on Monday.

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  opinion | Don Martin: The lessons for Pierre Poilievre from the Alberta election

  Danielle Smith's win in the Alberta election hands her the most starkly divided province confronting any premier in Canada, writes commentator Don Martin.

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  WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: Sunny breaks and occasional showers

  It's not going to rain non-stop for the next three days, but there will be showers over the next three days.

• Top AI CEOs, experts raise 'risk of extinction' from AI

  Top artificial intelligence executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the 'risk of extinction from AI,' which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.

• 'This has been called a genocide': New book details the fight for missing, murdered Indigenous women, girls

  New investigative book 'Unbroken' shares the stories of families raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

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  opinion | Find out how much contribution room is left in your RESP to avoid penalties

  Opening a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is a great way to fund your child’s future education. Personal finance contributor Christopher Liew outlines the contribution rules for RESPs and explains how to find out how much contribution room you have left so that you can avoid penalties.

• 'There is nothing left': 151 Halifax-area homes destroyed by wildfire

  A wildfire in northwest Halifax has destroyed more than 150 homes and about 50 other structures, the municipality’s executive director of public safety said Tuesday at a news conference.

• Northern B.C., Alberta and all of Ontario under 'high' to 'extreme' wildfire risk: What to know

  There's a heightened risk of wildfires across the country during what has been one of the earliest fire seasons on record. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, here's where the risk is highest.

• Pregnant people should be especially vigilant when wildfires pollute the air: doctor

  Smoke from wildfires in parts of Alberta, British Columbia and now Nova Scotia has doctors warning pregnant people to take extra precautions against breathing in toxic particles. Dr. Wee-Shian Chan, head of medicine at B.C. Women's Hospital, said breathing in pollutants and toxic gases generated by forest fires takes particulate matter into the bloodstream and lungs, making it harder to breathe.

• From Kenney's downfall to Smith's rise, Alberta's political landscape has changed dramatically

  Take Back Alberta says it is responsible for ousting Jason Kenney and that it backed Danielle Smith as his successor.