Reference to Indigenous peoples removed from Premier Smith's Alberta Day statement 'in error'
An updated version of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's statement commemorating the province's 121st birthday was issued with the original statement's reference to Indigenous peoples removed.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: CBC News · Sep 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
- Coverage span: 47 min
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 30 min
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CBC NewsTier A
Reference to Indigenous peoples removed from Premier Smith's Alberta Day statement 'in error'(opens original report in a new tab)Global NewsTier B
Premier says mistake fixed after First Nations removed from Alberta Day statement(opens original report in a new tab)Within an hour of sending an Alberta Day statement on Tuesday, the government sent an updated version removing the sentence including Indigenous Peoples from its English version. — Global News
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CurrentWire ranked this story 86.1 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
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- 32.7 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
Filed under Politics · Canada · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Alberta (2), First Nations (none), Alberta Day (none), Premier Smith Alberta Day (none).
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