Rural AB Affairs Reporter with the St. Albert Gazette. YYC born, YEG living. Italian kid, lifelong Leafs & Juventus FC fan.
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Pleased to join the St. Albert Gazette as the Rural Alberta Affairs Reporter.
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Premier Smith updates Wainwright situation.
Says 27 patients remain in hospital, with 13 still in critical condition.
She adds Ontario is stepping up and sending medical resources to help.
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Smith insisting the law forced her to put this separation q on the ballot.
No. The law required govt to consider the proposed question.
And Smith lowered the signature threshold to 177k from 600k.
The secessionist option garnered 496,890 votes w 94% of polls reporting.
X translation services are terrible.
In bocca al lupo does *not* mean break a leg.
Signed, an Italian Canadian who is fed up with the ridiculousness on this app.
In bocca al lupo Khvicha, ti aspettiamo presto in campo! 💪
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Premier Smith stops short of saying she would block any UCP candidates or board members who would fight openly for separation.
She says her party respects the refendum results, and she's asking separatists to self-reflect and choose another party if they continue to persue those beliefs.
Quite the question to start off today's presser, to put it mildly.
"All of that is new information to me," said Smith. "I have no reason to be concerned about that."
CBC's @Jantafrench asks Smith if the UCP will put in black & white its federalist position in its constitution.
"I'm doing that today," said Smith repeatedly.
#NEW: Premier Danielle Smith says separatists aren't welcome in the UCP.
"For those few who cannot reconcile this fact & remain intent on turning our party into a vehicle for the independence movement, I would respectfully invite them to find a different party," said Smith.
I hope every UCP member and supporter will watch this video.
The referendum is behind us. Albertans gave their answers and our party must honour that mandate.
What comes next is the only fight that matters, and it is twelve months away.
Naheed Nenshi's NDP have told us exactly what they will do with power:
🟠 Reopen the drug consumption sites we closed
🟠 Let minors undergo irreversible gender surgeries without their parents' knowledge.
🟠 Shut down school choice.
🟠 Bring back the production cap and the net zero regulations to phase out our energy sector.
🟠 Open border immigration.
🟠 A carbon tax.
🟠 And Avi Lewis in Ottawa pulling Nenshi’s strings.
United, our party will win. Divided the NDP wins and all Albertas would suffer as a result.
The time for division is over.
The time to unite and fight for a stronger Alberta and Canada is now.
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Check your lottery tix, Alberta.
One of you has won $90 million on the Lotto Max draw.
Tonight's breaking #abpoli story from me: Smith says no more Alberta separation referendums while she is premier
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#NEW: After Albertans overwhelmingly voted to stay in Canada last night, Premier Danielle Smith says she won't be calling another referendum as long as she's premier.
6:45 PM MT.
Premier Danielle Smith will address Alberta one day after voters roundly rejected separatism, and backed 8/9 questions in a referendum.
Albertans picked up a pencil yesterday and answered ten hard questions about our future.
That is democracy at its finest and tonight we talk about what comes next.
Join me live on CTV, Global, CityNews, Facebook, X or YouTube at 6:45pm— as we go through the referendum results, what they mean for this province, and what comes next.
A cool Edmonton connection to the Brewers' last MLB championship.
The "new" team this gentleman is referring to is the San Jose Sharks, a team that has been around since 1991.
The exact opposite of a team that has never laced up before.
Last night, there was an NHL, regular season game.
It featured the Toronto Maple Leafs and a new team that had never laced up together, before.
Toronto beat them, 3-1.
The players in Toronto's locker room didn't celebrate- while spirits were high across the hall (in the losing team's locker room).
Though this is a recorded regulation win for Toronto, the real ones know... a new team that put points on the board against an established NHL dynasty is going to be a leader in their space.
That's what we are. Potential.
It's up to us what we want to do with it. A quarter of the votes is no small amount.
Well done, Independence.
82 games a season. Just 1 down.
Finished this at 2:00 am today.
Here's my story on Albertans saying no to second (and binding) referendum on secession, and saying yes to Canada.
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.@MonteSolberg Statement on Alberta Separation Referendum Results 🇨🇦
DRUMHELLER, AB (Oct. 20, 2026) – Today, Vote to Stay Founder Monte Solberg issued the following statement in response to Albertans' decisive and overwhelming vote to stay in Canada:
"Albertans have spoken loud and clear, voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada and reject separation.
"Alberta's future is about building a stronger province alongside our fellow Canadians, not breaking our country apart.
"It's time to put the question of separation to rest and get to work building a stronger Alberta within a united Canada.
"Let's close this chapter and move forward together as proud Albertans and patriotic Canadians – focused on making life more affordable, getting pipelines built, developing our energy resources, attracting investment, creating jobs, and securing a brighter and more prosperous future."
Very happy crowd here at the @ForCanMVMT watch party in Edmonton after they learned the remain vote triumphed.
Big cities voting stay in Canada by an overwhelming margin. Some ridings in Edmonton (like Edmonton-Manning) are voting by margins of over 90% to remain.
Only riding voting for the referendum right now, and that's Grande Prairie-Wapiti.
300 votes for leave, 184 for remain at this time, according to @ElectionsAB.