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<p>Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked a court to halt the separatist push, arguing it would violate their treaty rights</p><p>A First Nation in Alberta has said that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/david-eby-alberta-separatism-treason">a separatist push for the province to secede from Canada is “consummately irresponsible and dishonourable”</a> and should be shut down, arguing in court that a proposed referendum would violate their treaty rights.</p><p>A minority of residents of the oil-rich province have long argued that the province’s woes are due to the structure of payments to the federal government and a perceived inability to get their vast fossil fuel reserves to market.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/first-nation-decries-alberta-separatist-push-canada">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked a court to halt the separatist push, arguing it would violate their treaty rights</p><p>A First Nation in Alberta has said that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/david-eby-alberta-separatism-treason">a separatist push for the province to secede from Canada is “consummately irresponsible and dishonourable”</a> and should be shut down, arguing in court that a proposed referendum would violate their treaty rights.</p><p>A minority of residents of the oil-rich province have long argued that the province’s woes are due to the structure of payments to the federal government and a perceived inability to get their vast fossil fuel reserves to market.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/first-nation-decries-alberta-separatist-push-canada">Continue reading...</a>