{"id":712921,"date":"2026-06-03T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712921\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:46:09","slug":"alberta-premier-speaks-in-french-in-quebec-commiserates-on-habs-playoff-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712921\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta premier speaks in French in Quebec, commiserates on Habs&#8217; playoff demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QU\u00c9BEC \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in her first public event in Quebec City, delivered a short speech in French and commiserated over the playoff demise of the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Smith told business leaders today that she thinks Alberta and Quebec should forge ahead with a stronger economic alliance.<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted the differences between the two provinces, and jokingly pointed to her tenuous grasp of the French language, but concluded they could easily be overcome.<\/p>\n<p>She gave a nod to the Canadiens recent NHL playoff run to hockey\u2019s final four, and said she wished she could have seen the Habs go further.<\/p>\n<p>She called on business leaders to deepen their connections with Alberta and said she\u2019d do the same upon returning home.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was set to meet with Quebec Premier Christine Fr\u00e9chette later Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779121264_781_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QU\u00c9BEC \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in her first public event in Quebec City, delivered a short speech&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-712921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}