PINDER: Danielle Smith’s Alberta referendum is a strategic masterstroke and Ottawa should be worried
Herb Pinder / westernstandard - The focus in Alberta, less so in the country, has been on the forthcoming referendum regarding independence. But Premier Smith recently called for a different referendum, one that follows the Alberta Next Review Panel. Led by Smith, it toured the province…
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It’s byelection day in Quebec’s Chicoutimi riding
News Staff / citynews - With the next general election just a few months away, voters in the riding of Chicoutimi are heading to the polls on Monday to elect the next person who will represent them in the National Assembly. This byelection was triggered by the resignation of for…
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19564 / 7 stories in 11 days
WATCH LIVE: Smith’s big referendum gambit
Derek Fildebrandt / westernstandard - WATCH LIVE: Smith’s big referendum gambit
- Immigration fight: referendum's policies, costs and community backlash (17)
- Independence drumbeat: Referendum's separatist implications on Albertans' minds (5)
- Other: legal warnings, expert analysis and polling context (2)
- Political leverage: Referendum as bargaining chip, not governance (6)
Immigration fight: referendum's policies, costs and community backlash
Independence drumbeat: Referendum's separatist implications on Albertans' minds
Other: legal warnings, expert analysis and polling context
Political leverage: Referendum as bargaining chip, not governance
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19470 / 30 stories in 14 days
Indian man pleads guilty to plotting Sikh separatist’s assassination in NYC
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19168 / 2 stories in 20 days
Conservatives built the Alberta separatist movement. Now they have to break it
Max Fawcett / nationalobserver - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney spent years whipping voters into a frenzy against Ottawa. Now, at least, he's doing something to put out the fire he helped start. Will any of his Conservative colleagues join him?
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 19010 / 7 stories in 23 days
Danielle Smith plays separation carrot-and-stick
Editorial / winnipegfreepress - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is beginning to look like something of a separation arsonist. While she’s argued repeatedly that she’s not a supporter of having Alberta separate from Canada (but […]
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 2:21 am / permalink 18825 / 8 stories in 28 days
Harper and Chretien talk Alberta separatism, Canadian sovereignty in Ottawa
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Speaking alongside Harper in Ottawa, Chrétien said there is a major shift in geopolitics that likely spells the beginning of the end for the American empire.
Back to Top / Monday, February 2, 2026, 9:23 pm / permalink 18689 / 13 stories in 4 wks
Drainville officially enters race to lead CAQ
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Bernard Drainville is officially entering the race to succeed François Legault as leader of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec.
Back to Top / Sunday, February 1, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 18639 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Change in government won't stop separatist movement, says leader
sootoday - CALGARY — A leader in the Alberta separatist movement says a Conservative government would not stop their drive to secede from Canada. Jeffrey Rath is the general counsel for the separatist promoter group Stay Free Alberta.
Back to Top / Saturday, January 31, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 18625 / 6 stories in 4 wks
Bell: Danielle Smith refuses to throw Alberta separatists under the bus
Rick Bell / calgaryherald - Alberta separatism is all the rage in Ottawa these days
- Cultural quirks and economic warnings (2)
- First Nations oppose separatism (3)
- Political caucus and separatist tensions (8)
- Treason allegations and legal warnings (3)
Cultural quirks and economic warnings
First Nations oppose separatism
Political caucus and separatist tensions
Treason allegations and legal warnings
Back to Top / Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6:22 pm / permalink 18552 / 16 stories in 5 wks
WATCH: Eby says Alberta independence group's advocacy trip to US amounts to 'treason'
Jarryd Jäger / westernstandard - British Columbia Premier David Eby has slammed the Alberta Prosperity Project over a recent trip the pro-independence group took to Washington, DC to advocate for their cause.
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- Legal Definition Debates (2)
- Nationwide Impact Highlights (1)
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Eby’s Treason Rhetoric
Legal Definition Debates
Nationwide Impact Highlights
Provincial Leaders Challenge Claims
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Back to Top / Thursday, January 29, 2026, 11:23 am / permalink 18535 / 18 stories in 5 wks
Doug Ford: A Parti Québécois victory would be a ‘disaster’ for Canada
Harry North / montrealgazette - “There has never been a more important time in our history to make sure we act together,” he says as provincial leaders gather in Ottawa.
Back to Top / Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:23 pm / permalink 18515 / 10 stories in 5 wks
Why did Carney’s Plains of Abraham speech resonate so poorly in Quebec?
Catherine Lévesque / nationalpost - Carney chose to deliver his speech only in front of media, surrounded by his ministers, in the Citadelle of Quebec, a military fortification that overlooks the Plains of Abraham
Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 18422 / 14 stories in 5 wks
Smith to let the Alberta independence petition play out
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith intends to allow the Alberta independence petition to play out before her government considers intervening to stop the movement, she announced during her radio show on Saturday.
Back to Top / Saturday, January 24, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 18377 / 19 stories in 5 wks
Quebec citizens will be able to keep their Canadian passports, according to PSPP
Jessica Barile / citynews - Citizens of a potential independent Quebec will be able to retain their Canadian citizenship, concluded PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on Friday. He presented the citizenship section of his Blue Book, a comprehensive document intended to answer questi…
Back to Top / Saturday, January 24, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 18357 / 11 stories in 5 wks
Hundreds line up near Edmonton to endorse referendum on Alberta leaving Canada
sootoday - STONY PLAIN — Hundreds of people braved bone-chilling temperatures today at a community centre just west of Edmonton to sign a petition to force a vote on Alberta leaving Canada.
Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 18307 / 12 stories in 6 wks
Carney emphasizes Quebec identity and partnership in Quebec City speech, with no reference to Alberta
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - TORONTO— Mark Carney used a speech in Quebec City on Thursday to place Quebec’s history and identity at the centre of his vision for Canada, framing the province as a foundational partner in the country’s development rather than a conquered society absorb…
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Canadian Values & Sovereignty
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Quebec Cabinet Retreat
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Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 18300 / 29 stories in 6 wks
PQ leader says it’s time to relaunch debate on sovereignty after Legault resignation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says François Legault’s resignation proves Quebec cannot gain autonomy within Canada and renews the case for sovereignty.
Back to Top / Saturday, January 17, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18127 / 13 stories in 6 wks
PQ leader says it's time to relaunch debate on sovereignty after Legault resignation
sootoday - MONTREAL — The leader of the Parti Québécois says it's time to refocus the political debate in Quebec to sovereignty following Premier François Legault's resignation.
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:54 am / permalink 18056 / 4 stories in 7 wks
‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - There was a huge turnout in Red Deer on Wednesday as supporters of Alberta's independence lined up to sign a petition calling for a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.
Back to Top / Thursday, January 15, 2026, 9:21 pm / permalink 17983 / 2 stories in 7 wks