KANANASKIS — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says while separatist agitation bubbles away in Alberta – and even in his own province -- his party stands with Confederation.

Albertans will decide in October whether they want to stay part of Canada or trigger a binding independence referendum.

Learn more Pembina Pipeline has approved the construction of the C$570m ($412.8m) Heartland Extraction Plant (HEP) in Alberta, Canada. The HEP will be a 750 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) straddle facility designed to extract natural gas liquids (NGL) under Pembina’s extraction rights on the Yellowhead Pipeline.

The move for a referendum comes after months of campaigning from a group of separatists.

The Canadian prime minister, who was the governor of the Bank of England when Britain voted to leave the European Union, said the Alberta referendum on separating from Canada could backfire.

A renewed four-year partnership between Travel Alberta and Indigenous Tourism Alberta will see $8.2 million invested in more than 200 Indigenous-owned tourism businesses across the province.

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's wondering why western Canadian premiers are meeting in Alberta to talk co-operation when the host premier wants to test separation. "To say that this is the worst time to begin testing the bonds that hold this country together is a significant understatement,

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promises that if the remain side of October’s referendum wins, she will 'listen to the will of the people,' and not hold another later referendum on independence.