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Publication Date: January 2, 2026 - 17:32
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Alberta separatist group gets green light to collect referendum signatures
January 2, 2026
Elections Alberta says Mitch Sylvestre and the Alberta Prosperity Project have from Saturday, Jan. 3 until May 2 to collect just under 178,000 signatures to qualify.
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B.C. Premier David Eby says public drug use will not be permitted when the province’s contentious decriminalization trial comes up for renewal at the end of this month.But it remains to be seen whether his government will seek to extend the pilot in any iteration. After successive amendments, drug decriminalization in B.C. is currently limited largely to private residences.
January 7, 2026 - 04:15 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA —
Referendum talk is heating up
in both Quebec and Alberta to start the year, but the pro-independence talk is coming from opposite sides of the political spectrum.
While the (mostly) centre-left Parti Québécois and democratic socialist Québec Solidaire have long fronted Quebec’s...
January 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
While walking down the sidewalk on Grove Avenue, residents say, it's a common occurrence to see people ducking up driveways to take cover as OC Transpo's Route 7 bus powers by with its tires up on the sidewalk. Read More
January 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Natasha Baldin | Ottawa Citizen
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