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Alberta's United Conservatives secured a majority government in Monday's nail-biter of an election, while the NDP expanded its reach into the traditional conservative stronghold of Calgary.

EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservatives secured a majority government in Monday's provincial election.

It’s election day in Alberta with Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party fighting to win a second consecutive majority government, while Rachel Notley’s NDP is trying to regain the government it lost in 2019.

Alberta’s United Conservative Party rode a wave of rural support Monday to win a renewed majority in the provincial election — but not before the NDP took a big bite out of its support.

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has been re-elected as the legislature member for Edmonton-Strathcona. The Canadian Press

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith has been re-elected as the legislature member for Brooks-Medicine Hat. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has failed to persuade the House of Commons to condemn the Liberal government's approach to fighting drug addiction. In a vote of 209-113 Monday, MPs defeated a motion presented by Poilievre.

OTTAWA — Parks Canada Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government has designated the 1923 ban on immigration by people of Chinese origin as an event of historical significance.

HALIFAX — As firefighters spent a second day battling a wildfire in suburban Halifax, some residents from evacuated subdivisions received the grim news that their homes were among those destroyed by the wind-driven flames.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man who left a trail of chaos during a stabbing rampage in and around a North Vancouver library two years ago admitted his guilt Monday to killing one woman and hurting six other people.