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

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:04]From the Western Standard, here's your news update. I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor. And here's what you need to know.

[00:00:15]Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday night Albertans will be asked if they want to stay in Canada during an October referendum. Smith said she will fight for Alberta to stay in Confederation. Reaction is flowing in from all sides.

[00:00:30]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 cam loops residential school remains unproven.

[00:00:46]14 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.

[00:00:57]And Western Standard BC reporter Alex Zultan looks at why the legislature in Victoria is debating a foreign genocide.

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