Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will take questions from reporters today following her live address Monday during which she touched on everything from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government to her plans to strike a sovereignty panel.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the timing of her Monday announcement on a potential separation referendum was linked to last week’s federal election, and had nothing to do with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting the following day with U.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada. Smith announced this week that she doesn’t want Alberta to leave Canada but,