Separatism
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Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffedAlberta's chief electoral officer is rebuffing calls from Danielle Smith and her justice minister to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation.PoliticsJul 29, 2025
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Potential Alberta separation referendum question referred to judge for approvalAlberta's chief electoral officer says the law require possible referendum questions to respect over 30 parts of the Constitution, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.CanadaJul 28, 2025
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Over half of Canadians say they understand Alberta separatism: pollAmong respondents who support Alberta becoming a country, 76 per cent say they understand why the Prairie province might want to become independent.CanadaMay 23, 2025
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Sask. NDP introduces bill to change referendum legislationSask's NDP have introduced a bill that would change the province's referendum legislation, making it more difficult for citizens to put forward a petition to separate from Canada.CanadaMay 7, 2025
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‘Brazen act of violence’: Sikh gurdwara president shot, killed in Surrey parking lotA post from the BCSikhs instagram page says Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down Sunday night in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, where Nijjar was President.CanadaJun 19, 2023
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Alberta NDP says Premier Danielle Smith’s rejection of federal authority lays separation groundwork'It's not like Ottawa is a national government,' Smith told the Alberta legislature at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.PoliticsDec 8, 2022
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Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning talks Western alienation in CalgaryCanadian politician Preston Manning touched on Western alienation during a talk in Calgary on Tuesday, on the heels of his book's release last week.PoliticsMar 11, 2020
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Canadians divided on whether the West has legitimate beef with feds: Ipsos"Everybody's got their own problems," a pollster said when asked what new numbers suggest.CanadaDec 19, 2019
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Treaty 8 chiefs call Wexit a ‘bad idea’ as support for separating from Canada grows in AlbertaTreaty 8 First Nations chiefs issued a joint statement on Tuesday calling for cooler heads to prevail amid indications the desire to separate from Canada is growing among people in Alberta and Saskatchewan.CanadaNov 6, 2019
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Fugitive Catalan leader denied entry to Canada will contest decision: lawyerPuigdemont has been trying to enter Canada for months at the invitation of a Quebec nationalist and separatist group.CanadaOct 29, 2019
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