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Ashleigh Stewart

Reporter · CA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 24, 2026
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Top 50K sites
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Ashleigh Stewart

    $11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca (opens the original)

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    A court-appointed receiver says Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm moved $11.5 million from a First Nation trust it controlled to help cover a court-ordered payment it owed to another First Nation client, Global News has learned. The receiver’s latest filings show that on Jan. 23, 2024, the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Trust’s bank accounts issued two cheques totalling $11.5 million to RathPC. The next day, the firm moved the money into another RathPC account and commingled it with other

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Ashleigh Stewart and Charles Rusnell

    Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors | Globalnews.ca (opens the original)

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    An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm, Global News has learned. Delaware-based Diriba Investments LLC alleges in court documents that Rath and his professional corporation, RathPC, defaulted two years ago on a financing agreement tied to First Nations and COVID-19 litigation cases — a debt the lender now says totals nearly $109 million, plus interest and costs. Rath and hi

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Ashleigh Stewart and Charles Rusnell

    From trust funds to bullion: Inside the court battles surrounding Jeff Rath | Globalnews.ca (opens the original)

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    For years, Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath controlled two First Nations’ settlement trusts and drained millions from them, allegedly without consent. Now court orders, asset freezes and an investigative receiver are closing in, forcing him to account for tens of millions of dollars in disputed trust money. Rath — who denies any wrongdoing — has emerged as the separatist movement’s leading spokesman and legal architect, co-founding the Alberta Prosperity Project and acting as its legal cou

  4. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Ashleigh Stewart

    ‘Pattern of behaviour’: Rath faces mounting questions over First Nation trusts | Globalnews.ca (opens the original)

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    Update: The day after Global News published this story, Jeffrey Rath published a post on X/Twitter that touches on facets of this story. That post has been embedded at the bottom of this story. Another First Nation is questioning millions in alleged withdrawals from a trust overseen by Alberta separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his professional corporation, court documents obtained by Global News reveal. The allegations from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation emerged from material disclosed in a separate

  5. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Ashleigh Stewart

    Jeffrey Rath fought for First Nations. Now former clients are fighting him | Globalnews.ca (opens the original)

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    For decades, lawyer Jeffrey Rath built a career helping First Nations sue Canada and Alberta, securing treaty and claims settlements worth tens of millions of dollars. A Global News investigation, however, found those victories were often followed by another fight: former clients challenging Rath over his fees, conduct and, in some cases, control over settlement money. These court battles now shadow Rath’s new role as a legal architect of Alberta independence. The lawyer who told courts that gov

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