The demolition of Edmonton's Coliseum, which has been closed since 2017, will not begin for at least two more years due to the extensive planning and hazardous material removal required. The City has allocated $35 million for demolition, in addition to the $9 million spent on maintaining the building. The Coliseum, once home to the Edmonton Oilers, will be replaced by a mixed-use urban village as part of long-term plans for the area. The new development is expected to take 25-30 years to complete.
Elections Alberta validates Stay Free Alberta's successful Alberta independence petition
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta declared Stay Free Alberta's independence referendum petition successful on Friday after counting the petition's signatures and confirming that they exceeded the threshold required to trigger a referendum.
Friday's announcement comes after Elections Alberta combed through the petition's signatures and determined that, within a 95% confidence interval, Mitch Sylvestre's group obtained 222,597 signatures.
Stay Free Alberta's petition called for a constitutional referendum asking Albertans, "Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
The petition is now on hold, per a court ruling, as the Court of King's Bench conducts a judicial review to determine whether to reverse a court decision to quash the petition.
The Citizen Initiative Act requires that a petition have 177,732 verified signatures to be declared ...
