CALGARY—Olivia Brewster was driving down the highway near the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Deer last year when she first saw them for the first time — a honking and shouting crowd, urging her toward the highway pullout bedecked in blue Alberta flags.
These people — who wanted her to sign their petition in support of getting Alberta out of Confederation as soon as possible — would become a common sight, at rest stops and near the drive-through at her local McDonald’s. Brewster kept driving. “They can be pretty rowdy,” she says, “and I’m not looking to get into any fights.”
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