{"id":73961,"date":"2025-06-14T01:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T01:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/73961\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T01:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T01:53:28","slug":"carney-smith-wont-attend-game-5-of-stanley-cup-final-alberta-premiers-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/73961\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney, Smith won\u2019t attend Game 5 of Stanley Cup final: Alberta premier\u2019s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Lisa Johnson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted June 12, 2025 2:08 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated June 12, 2025 2:24 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Premier <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/danielle-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle Smith\u2019s<\/a> office says she and Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> won\u2019t be watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/edmonton-oilers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> battle the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/florida-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> on home ice Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Smith extended an invitation last week for Carney to join her for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Alberta premier, makes housing announcement in Edmonton'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6P_CARNEY_IN_YEG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:55<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrime Minister Mark Carney meets with Alberta premier, makes housing announcement in Edmonton\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The premier\u2019s press secretary, Sam Blackett, says the upcoming G7 leaders\u2019 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., and their demanding schedules make seeing the game together impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The premier has no plans to attend Stanley Cup final games.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Calgary\u00a0mayor\u00a0asks residents for patience as G7 nears'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/g7.final.countdown.peters.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   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directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers lead the series 2-1, after routing the Oilers in Game 3 earlier this week by a score of 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>They play Game 4 on Thursday night in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted June 12, 2025 2:08 pm Updated June 12, 2025 2:24 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