Fires, drought and water woes to begin B.C.’s wildfire season

A court has struck down one Alberta independence petition,” says Keith Wilson, the St. Albert lawyer and advocate for Alberta’s separation from Canada. “This does not mean the referendum is over.” “The legal path to an Alberta independence referendum remains open,” he declares on his YouTube channel, “and Alberta’s cabinet still has the authority to put the question to voters in October.” The First Nations that launched the legal challenge see it differently. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, together with the Blackfoot Confederacy representing the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations...