Elections Alberta bars Alberta Party leader from running over missed deadline

EDMONTON -- Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel, disqualified from running in the upcoming provincial election, says his chief financial officer missed a crucial filing deadline and then never told him about it. Mandel says he didn't learn until two weeks ago that he was facing a five-year ban for failing to file his nomination financial report on time. "I had a CFO and he was in charge of making sure that was taken care of," Mandel told reporters Saturday, stressing that he was not blaming anyo