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A Harvie Heights man facing criminal charges of distributing, possessing, and accessing child pornography, has died after being struck by a semi-trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff.

“Humans have always been expecting the end of the world in one way or another, you know, for a really, really long time."

Alberta’s United Conservative Party emerged bloodied but still standing in Monday’s bitterly contested provincial election.

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.

By 11:15 p.m. on Monday evening, the UCP had won 33 seats, compared to just 20 for the NDP.

Police are on the scene of a fatal accident near Banff involving a pedestrian who was struck by a semi-trailer.

“It sounds to me like we’re between a rock and a hard place. If we have to achieve a certain goal, there’s going to be a cost associated with that but we can’t do it on our own.”

It's the final day for eligible voters to cast their vote in the 2023 provincial election.

Lack of affordable housing and escalating cost of living expenses as part of the affordability crisis in the Bow Valley are central issues in the election race in the swing riding of Banff-Kananaskis.