‘Forever Canadian’ group launches provincewide ‘unity bus’ campaign
Alberta’s former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk said his Forever Canadian campaign will see him and hundreds of volunteers zigzagging from the province’s north to the south.
On Oct. 19, voters are to decide whether they want the province to remain in Canada or to start the process for holding a second, binding vote on quitting Confederation.
Dozens of people were forced to scramble to safety Friday afternoon after a fire broke out in a downtown Calgary high rise, sending a column with thick black smoke into the sky.
Calgary police said a man was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an assault with a weapon in the northwest community of Capitol Hill early Thursday morning.