Western Standard - May 22, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Smith addresses Albertans on October referendum ｜ 22 May 2026


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1 minute

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Word count

248

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17


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Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday night Albertans will be asked if they want to stay in Canada during an October referendum. First Nations leaders were in Ottawa urging lawmakers to make residential school denialism against the law. It comes as allegations of the graves of hundreds of children at a Kamloops residential school remains unproven. Fourteen Liberal MPs have written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney saying they are concerned about environmental concessions given to Alberta to build a new pipeline. And Western Standard BC reporter Alex Zoltan looks at why the legislature in Victoria is debating a foreign genocide.

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard here's your news update. I'm your host, Western Standard Chief
00:00:10.240 Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know. Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday
00:00:17.040 night Albertans will be asked if they want to stay in Canada during an October referendum.
00:00:21.840 Smith said she will fight for Alberta to stay in Confederation. Reaction is flowing in from all
00:00:27.840 sides. First Nations leaders were in Ottawa urging lawmakers to make
00:00:34.300 residential school denialism against the law. It comes as allegations of the
00:00:39.540 graves of hundreds of children at a Kamloops residential school remains
00:00:43.840 unproven. Fourteen Liberal MPs have written a letter to Prime Minister Mark
00:00:49.440 Carney saying they are concerned about environmental concessions given to
00:00:53.400 Alberta to build a new pipeline. And Western Standard BC reporter Alex Zoltan looks at why
00:01:01.140 the legislature in Victoria is debating a foreign genocide. And that's it for now. Join us next time
00:01:09.760 for more Western Standard news updates. You can follow us on Spotify, YouTube Music, and Apple
00:01:16.820 Podcasts. And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news. Have a great day.
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