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A controversial billboard near Bowden, Alta. is stirring up strong reactions across the province.
"Somebody paid the money, and they have the perfect right to do so, but you might as well flush it down the toilet," resident Cam Morrison told Global News.
Placed along the QE2 highway, the sign calls for Alberta to become the 51st state of the United States. It's an idea championed by the Alberta-based group "America Fund," which emerged from the Wexit movement — a push for Canada's western provinces to secede.
While the group insists it has growing support, local residents and officials say the message does not reflect their community.
"The community is not happy about it in any way, shape or form, and it does not reflect our preferences." Bowden’s mayor, Robb Stuart, reports a flood of angry calls, and many locals strongly oppose the idea.
Meghan Cobb has more reaction.
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