As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own.

At the Alberta Next panel in Red Deer, duelling voices either pushed the Premier Smith to make policy moves without a referendum or hold off until the public had a proper say.

A group aims to gather 177,000 signatures to put a question on ballots: Do you agree the province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?

Alberta separation: Citizen-led application on referendum question approved by chief electoral officer "Since a referendum appears to be imminent anyway, it should be objective and not directed by ...

Premier Danielle Smith told Albertans at the first Alberta Next town hall that it could be time for premiers to hold another ...

Three days after Canada Day, Alberta plans to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her hand-picked panel heard from several Albertans Tuesday who argued the only way to get ...

Amid calls for separation, Alberta’s new referendum rules set to formally take effect By: Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Monday, Jun. 30, 2025 Last Modified: 5:59 PM CDT ...

His pitch to Elections Alberta for a pro-Canada referendum stated: “Separation will threaten the Canadian as well as the Alberta economy, the personal wealth of Albertans, the Canadian citizenship ...

An application for a citizen-led initiative for an anti-separation referendum has been approved by Alberta’s lead electoral officer. In a Monday press release, Alberta’s chief electoral officer Gordon ...

Alberta’s Opposition NDP says the provincial panel seeking citizen input on concerns with the federal government is not ...

Canada Amid calls for separation, Alberta’s new referendum rules set to formally take effect Recent polls have suggested that support for separatism in Alberta hasn’t reached majority territory.