Wheatland County passes resolution calling for Alberta independence referendum

CALGARY -- A southeastern Alberta county passed a resolution Tuesday calling for changes to the confederation — or Alberta would hold an independence referendum. Wheatland County Coun. Jason Wilson’s resolution, pressing the provincial government to insert Alberta’s constitutional rights within confederation, will now go out to other municipalities across the province. “The point of the resolution was really to let the provincial government, and the nation even, know abou