Breaking: Alberta’s Danielle Smith demands CBC retract ‘defamatory story’ and apologize
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has demanded that CBC News retract an article and apologize after the media outlet published allegations that staff in her office had contacted Crown prosecutors.
The article referred to sources who said emails were sent from a staffer in Smith’s office and “critiqued the prosecutors’ assessment of the charges and pushed back on the characterizations of the protest.”A border blockade at Coutts, Alta., last year snarled traffic for days as protesters decried public health measures. Several people were hit with criminal charges in relation to the protest.
The CBC published another story Wednesday citing sources that alleged Justice Minister Tyler Shandro’s office was coming under pressure from the premier’s office around COVID-related charges as well.
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