{
  "id": 579307,
  "title": "Albertans to vote on whether province should be able to choose higher court judges in fall referendum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/albertans-to-vote-on-whether-province-should-be-able-to-choose-higher",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-judicial-appointments-court-9.7302283"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Albertans will be tasked with juggling many ideas in this October’s referendum. Some they may have not had front-of-mind, including who should appoint the judges who sit on the province’s higher courts, the Court of King’s Bench and the Court of Appeal.",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}