Wexit party makes jump to run federal candidates

EDMONTON -- The western exit party, widely known as Wexit, held a gathering in the city’s northeast Saturday night. The crowd was filled with Albertans as well as others from across western Canada all wanting the same thing: to separate from Canada. “If the rest of Canada wants to have a constitutional convention to fix the problems, now is probably the time to do it because the reality is we are going to follow through,” said Wexit founder Peter Downing. It’s a movement