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Canada's Conservative leader calls for national unity ahead of leadership vote
38+ min ago (628+ words) Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech on Friday that called for Canadians to stay united in the face of an "uncertain world", amid growing separatist sentiments in Alberta and Quebec. "A house divided cannot stand," Poilievre said in…...
Canada gets a taste of separatism as oil-rich Alberta members meet US officials, echoing India’s Khalistan concerns
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (110+ words) An Alberta-based separatist group has met with US State Department officials to discuss independence, seeking a $500 billion line of credit. This outreach mirrors India's long-standing concerns about Khalistani separatism operating from Canada, raising diplomatic and political pressure on Ottawa. Buy,…...
Opinion | Alberta Separatism Is Canada’s Comeuppance For Fattening The Khalistan Beast
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (440+ words) The curse that politicians like Justin Trudeau have brought upon the nation is playing out poetically. Faced with calls for secession of the western province of Alberta, Canada stands stripped of its moral capital to outrage. The polity, which today…...
David Eby says Alberta separatists are committing 'treason.' Is he right?
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (696+ words) OTTAWA " British Columbia Premier David Eby sparked a firestorm of legal speculation about the foreign outreach of Alberta separatists on Thursday when he called the activities "treason" ahead of a first ministers" meeting in Ottawa. Eby was referring to three…...
Alberta Government targeting predatory towing with fines and possible jail time as of April 1
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (330+ words) Calgary police say the deaths of two people from earlier this week in Redstone are still under investigation. A St. Albert woman has been killed and her missing baby is presumed dead. RCMP suspect the baby's father murdered both. Lauren…...
Town of 33,000 residents named the most livable in Alberta | Urbanized
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (335+ words) Alberta has plenty of dazzling spots to call home, but one town south of Calgary was tapped as the most livable in the province. The Globe and Mail released its third edition of Canada's 100 most livable cities on Thursday, with…...
What happens if Indigenous groups don't support Alberta's desired bitumen pipeline?
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (617+ words) The push for Alberta's desired bitumen pipeline project to the northwest coast of B.C. continues, but as the province moves forward with its consultation with First Nations groups, what happens when that period ends? In November Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and…...
Carney, Smith Say They Are Open to Alternate Pipeline Routes From Alberta to BC
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (53+ words) Carney, Smith Say They Are Open to Alternate Pipeline Routes From Alberta to BC Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith say the proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia does not have to go to B.C.s…...
Braid: If Ottawa deal crashes, will Smith go separatist? The Free Alberta Strategy says she might
11+ hour, 31+ min ago (694+ words) Premier Danielle Smith is following a written script whose final scene is Alberta independence. The script is the Free Alberta Strategy, written in 2021 by Rob Anderson, now Smith's chief of staff, along with academics Barry Cooper and Derek From. It…...
Alberta separatists talking with U.S. officials not a first, but it is a worry, expert says
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (696+ words) A member of the Alberta Prosperity Project had travelled to Washington for meetings with officials in the U.S. State department. A member of the public wears the "Make Alberta Great Again" hat during an event organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project…...