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Why Alberta's separatist movement is growing

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM MDT

This week, a separatist group in Alberta announced that they have more than enough signatures to put an independence referendum on the ballot this fall.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with CBC News producer Jason Markusoff about why some people in the western province want to leave Canada and why their movement is growing.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.