Calgary Herald
🏢 Postmedia
📍 AB
May 22, 2026
· 6 min read
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Bell: Get it, separatists! Smith vows to campaign all-out for Canada in referendum fight
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Heuristic (v1/v3)
-0.41 · CENTER-LEFT
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.401 · RIGHT
Ensemble
0.201 · CENTER RIGHT
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Article Excerpt
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference at McDougall Centre in Calgary on May 22, 2026, relating to issues surrounding a referendum question on potential separation. Dean Pilling/Postmedia Article content Premier Danielle Smith says she is not a separatist but I have never heard her say it stronger or commit to campaigning harder against the idea of Alberta leaving Canada. Article content Smith has been slimed as a traitor, especially in the height of the Elbows Up hysteria when some boomers in Ontario accused her of treason for not selling out the oilpatch. Article content…
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