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

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

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Western Standard - May 22, 2026