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The Canadian Press on MSN9d
First Nation to push ahead with legal challenge of Alberta government’s sovereignty act
The First Nation filed a statement of claim in 2022, but lawyer Robert Hladun says the community put it on pause, hoping for ...
The Canadian Press on MSN9d
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with its legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Another lawyer representing the community, Michael Marchen, said the sovereignty act is an effective derogation of Onion Lake ...
Indigenous groups in Alberta step up legal action over possible separation referendum
The Onion Lake Cree Nation says it is going ahead with a challenge to the province’s sovereignty legislation in response to separatist rhetoric, which it says threatens treaty rights ...
APTN News10d
Indigenous Peoples ‘not subjects’ of Alberta, says prof in debate over separation
Treaties are the greatest obstacle to Alberta separation says a professor when talking about Danielle's Smith's legislation.
Regina Leader Post9d
First Nation on Alberta-Sask. border to proceed with legal challenge of Smith's sovereignty act
EDMONTON — Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, to push ahead with a legal challenge against the ...
Alberta separation would send Canada into uncharted territory, say legal experts
As separatist discontent bubbles up anew in Alberta, experts say a vote to sever ties with Canada would pitch the country ...
Edmonton Journal on MSN2d
Danielle Smith says Ottawa has the potential to snuff out Alberta independence movement
Smith repeated Thursday that she believes in a “strong and sovereign Alberta within a united Canada” and has previously ...
Alberta amends referendum bill as First Nations fear it will trample treaty rights
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation, declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.