Some referendum ballots missing as Albertans begin to receive mail-in paperwork

As demand for mail-in ballots continues to climb ahead of the Alberta referendum, some residents are reporting problems with the packages they have received from Elections Alberta. Edmonton seniors Lorrie and John Jegen got their mail-in voting packages on Sept. 1. While Lorrie’s envelope contained all the required slips of paper, her husband’s was significantly…

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India’s Mandhana becomes women’s cricket’s leading run-scorer

India’s Smriti Mandhana celebrates after the match against Pakistan during Commonwealth Games. — Reuters India batter Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket after smashing a century in her side’s Women’s Asia Cup victory over Hong Kong on Thursday. The India vice-captain surpassed former skipper Mithali Raj’s tally of 10,868 international runs…

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Meta AI Released Muse Spark 1.3: An Agentic Coding Model That Uses ~20% Fewer Tool Calls and ~25% Fewer Tokens Than Muse Spark 1.2

This week, Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Spark 1.3. It is the fourth Muse Spark release in five months, and the target is long-horizon agentic and coding work rather than single-turn generation. The framing in Meta’s post is usability: sustaining a long thread, collaborating with the user, and knowing when it is stuck. Is it…

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Quebec election: Fréchette defends French-only voter cards during campaign – Montreal

Descrease article font size Increase article font size CAQ Leader Christine Fréchette is defending a decision to send voter information cards in French only ahead of Quebec’s election, while insisting anglophone voters will still have access to information in English. Speaking Thursday, Fréchette said information at polling stations will be available in both French and…

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