{"id":15119357,"date":"2026-05-24T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/campaign-to-keep-alberta-in-canada-launches-after-danielle-smith-vows-to-put-provinces-future-to-a-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:01:04","slug":"campaign-to-keep-alberta-in-canada-launches-after-danielle-smith-vows-to-put-provinces-future-to-a-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/campaign-to-keep-alberta-in-canada-launches-after-danielle-smith-vows-to-put-provinces-future-to-a-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign to keep Alberta in Canada launches, after Danielle Smith vows to put province&#039;s future to a vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/757d3bf1-d4fb-46d2-ba0a-756e406244bb,1779637083787\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C305%2C5859%2C3295%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29' alt='Thomas Lukaszuk, a man in a black long sleeve shirt and grey pants, speaks in front of a microphone. People stand in a semi-circle behind him.' width='620' height='349' title='Former Deputy Premier, MLA and spokesperson for the Forever Canada Thomas Lukaszuk speaks at a Forever Canadian rally in Edmonton on Saturday, May 23, 2026, kicking off a province-wide tour.' \/><\/p>\n<p>Premier Danielle Smith has said the more than 400,000 signatures the Forever Canadian petition garnered, and the roughly 300,000 signatures the Stay Free Alberta petition got, indicates that more than 700,000 Albertans want to put the province&#8217;s future in Confederation on a ballot this fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/campaign-to-keep-alberta-in-canada-launches-after-danielle-smith-vows-to-put-province-s-future-to-a-vote-9.7210451?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News Edmonton \u2013 CBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Danielle Smith has said the more than 400,000 signatures the Forever Canadian petition garnered, and the roughly 300,000 signatures the Stay Free Alberta petition got, indicates that more than 700,000 Albertans want to put the province&#8217;s future in 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