Kananaskis Country

“I’m happy to see these final results,” said Elmeligi. “But I have also been operating under the assumption that I was the MLA-elect and I’m glad that I still am.”

A two-year-old girl died following a rescue from the Bow River near the Bow River Campground Thursday (June 8) evening.

A 27-year-old man died at the base of East End of Rundle Sunday (May 28), police said.

Mere minutes after making a victory speech on election night May 29, with what looked to be a locked win, the riding’s seat was swept from under the UCP incumbent as advance and mobile votes finished tallying to put NDP candidate Sarah Elmeligi ahead by 199 votes, according to Elections Alberta unofficial results.

EDITORIAL: The dust has settled, and the provincial election is over.

One person is in hospital in life-threatening condition following a medical episode on a Canmore trail earlier this afternoon, police said.

On Sunday (May 28), an advisory was issued for the trail, located in Spray Valley Provincial Park, after a small portion was discovered to be damaged by rain, south of the Goat Creek trail.

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Both the UCP’s Miranda Rosin and NDP’s Sarah Elmeligi claimed victory in the Banff-Kananaksis riding shortly before midnight on May 29 election day, with fewer than 200 votes separating the two.

After both the NDP and UCP candidates gave victory speeches, early polling numbers show the NDP's Sarah Elmeligi taking the Banff-Kananaskis riding.