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CTV News
28-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Saskatchewan legion cancels events hosted by group that's discussing separation
The first legion branch in Canada, located on the 1800 block of Cornwall St., is shown on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in Regina, Sask. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ROY ANTAL The Saskatchewan chapter of the Royal Canadian Legion says it has cancelled events hosted by a group discussing the province's separation from the rest of Canada. Chad Wagner, the legion's executive director in Saskatchewan, says he made the decision based on Unified Grassroots' public statements on separation. He says such calls don't align with the legion's founding principles and nor do they promote Canadian unity. Unified Grassroots has an online petition calling on Saskatchewan to negotiate new terms with Ottawa or look at separating from Canada. The group says the eight meetings it planned to host at legions across the province were cancelled. It says the town halls were meant to promote civic participation and that the legion should reconsider. -This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 28, 2025.
National Post
12-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
It's not just Alberta flirting with western separatism now: Full Comment podcast
Torn at for nine years by the divisive Trudeau Liberals, Canadian unity is seriously frayed, with Alberta now preparing for a possible secession referendum. In this episode, Brian Lilley talks with Reform party founder Preston Manning, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and longtime Liberal pollster Dan Arnold to get a sense of how dire the situation has become. Manning explains that the separatist sentiment isn't just in Alberta but spread across much of the West and even parts of the North. And all three warn that the threat needs to be taken seriously. They also consider the opportunity Prime Minister Mark Carney has with a fresh mandate to begin repairing the fractures if he's genuinely willing to. But if he isn't, the nation is in serious danger. (Recorded May 9, 2025.)
