5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (174+ words) CALGARY – A group of Alberta business leaders is urging voters to choose Canada in next month’s secession referendum but admits it’s an issue fraught with tension on the front lines. The Business Council of Alberta is composed of more than…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) Winnipeg 14° C, Windy EDMONTON – Special mail-in ballots for Alberta’s 10-question referendum next month are expected to start being distributed today. Elections Alberta’s website says those who have previously registered for a special ballot will soon start receiving their packages in…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (125+ words) CALGARY – Premier Danielle Smith is set to speak in Calgary today at an event marking Alberta Day. Alberta officially became a Canadian province on Sept. 1, 1905. Various festivities are planned this weekend ahead of the province’s birthday on Tuesday. Smith’s speech…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (519+ words) EDMONTON – Alberta independence boosters are planning to rally outside the legislature today ahead of festivities marking the province’s 121st birthday. Seven weeks away from the province’s separation referendum, the Alberta Prosperity Project says all Albertans are welcome at its “gathering for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (765+ words) Winnipeg 25° C, Cloudy Manitoba’s non-partisan elections management agency could play a role in Alberta’s fall referendum. “Elections Alberta has asked Elections Manitoba to send staff to assist with the referendum taking place there in October,” said Tessa Vanderhart, a spokesperson…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (576+ words) Winnipeg 21° C, Windy MONTREAL – If elected to form a government, the Parti Québécois says it would not call a referendum on sovereignty until at least 2029. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced the news on Tuesday morning as Quebec political parties…...