How Albertans in Ontario feel about Referendum Day
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How Albertans in Ontario feel about Referendum Day

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 202624 min
  • Interview
  • Politics
  • About Canada

It's Referendum Day in Alberta where voters face 10 ballot questions including whether to hold a binding referendum on leaving Canada. The vote comes in the wake of a deadly fire at CFB Wainwright in east-central Alberta. We hear from Albertans in Ontario about the emotions they're feeling at this moment and speak with Tyler Dawson, author of The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won't Go Away and opinion editor with The Globe and Mail.

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This October celebrates spooky season with CBC podcasts. On Satanic Panic, hear how a tiny Saskatchewan town was engulfed by false accusations of ritual abuse. On The Devil You Know, listen as host Sarah Marshall traces the story of how that moral panic swept North America and embedded itself in pop culture. Or if you prefer some laughs with your

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scares, check out Let's Make a Horror, where three comedians try to learn how to make a horror movie, then take a stab creating their own. Satanic Panic, The Devil You Know, Let's Make a Horror. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

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This is a CBC Podcast. Good afternoon, I'm Halle Coddenham. This is the province's Open Line show, Ontario Today. In this hour, Alberta on our minds.

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