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Alberta anti-separatism group that includes former deputy premier wants to pose referendum question
A group of Albertans who oppose efforts to have the province separate from the rest of Canada has filed an application to ...
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Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, doesn’t think referendum would get 50% support
More than half of Albertans surveyed said they opposed different separation scenarios — ranging from 59 per cent who said no ...
Separatists release potential Alberta referendum question, expect Danielle Smith to join cause
An Alberta separatist group released a referendum question on independence from Canada that it will petition to get in front of provincial voters later in 2025.
Indigenous groups in Alberta step up legal action over possible separation referendum
The Onion Lake Cree Nation says it is going ahead with a challenge to the province’s sovereignty legislation in response to ...
As separatist talk simmers in Alberta and Quebec, Canadians say breaking up will be hard to do: poll
Most said separation cannot be a unilateral decision, and it should require approval by the federal House of Commons ...
What if Alberta really did vote to separate?
An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations ...
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Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations’ concern
In a Tuesday letter to First Nations chiefs representing the Blackfoot Confederacy, Treaty 8 First Nations, Treaty 6 First ...
Will Danielle Smith steer Alberta away from separation, or will this train keep gathering steam?
Premier says she wants to lower separatist sentiment. But her political base's anti-Ottawa mood is becoming an anti-Canada mood.
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Alberta independence referendum petition must register with election agency
AFP previously fact-checked claims that a petition for Alberta's separation had garnered enough support to trigger a referendum, but unlike French-speaking Quebec, an independence question has ...
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51st state? Alberta’s break-up talk with Canada gets real: ‘It’s time that we’re set free’
Alberta’s threat to divorce Canada is getting more serious than ever. Premier Danielle Smith announced this week that the oil-rich province could hold its first-ever referendum on independence i ...
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Alberta independence referendum petition must register with election agency
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a May 6 news conference that she does not support separation, but would allow a referendum to take place if a petition received enough signatures.