By Dayne Patterson Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation. It was prompted by two citizen-led petitions. A petition from the group Forever Canada, asking if Alberta should stay in the country, was verified in December with about 400,000 signatures. The separatist group Stay Free Alberta, which handed in the other petition in May, said it collected roughly 300,000 names of people who want Alberta to become an independent state. Soon after, a judge quashed the petition, ruling it never should have been issued and that the government neglected its duty to consult First Nations. United Conservative Party Premier Danielle Smith says she can’t ignore those who signed…
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