As part of the final push to gather signatures for the Forever Canadian petition , which is opposed to Alberta separation, petition founder Thomas Lukaszuk stopped in Whitecourt on Oct. 23. Article content

Lukaszuk also drove his “unity bus” into Edson and Hinton on Oct. 22, with the deadline to gather 293,976 signatures being Oct. 28. Article content

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He described support for the petition from the region as “phenomenal.”

“In Hinton, I was shocked – they really pulled in a lot of signatures,” Lukaszuk told the Whitecourt Star . “And I’m hearing things are going really well in Whitecourt and the surrounding area.”

The petition poses the question, “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?”

Several Whitecourt residents have stepped up

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