Residents of the oil-rich western Canadian province of Alberta are voting in a referendum on Monday on whether to remain part of Canada or start a process leading to a legally binding second ...
The oil-rich province of Alberta has rejected the pathway to secession and will remain part of Canada, landing a definitive blow to a fringe but loud campaign which sought support from the US.
The monthslong debate on the oil-rich province’s future exposed deep divisions that might not be easily mended.
The vote was not a referendum on independence from Canada, but it would have begun a process towards possible separation.
Calls for independence intensified last year, with some 300,000 petitioning officials for a referendum.
The Alberta and Québec independence referendums, motivated by vastly different concerns, are nonetheless creating uncertainties for both provinces.
Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province's first-ever referendum on separation, in a win for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday urged Alberta to remain in Canada, warning that a vote next week on whether to hold a referendum on leaving Canada would begin a “long and ...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a final appeal to voters in his home province of Alberta warning that a referendum that could put the oil-rich province on a path toward independence is a dang ...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes Alberta’s projected rejection of independence referendum, saying residents have chosen national unity.
About three million Albertans are eligible to vote in the non-binding separation referendum, but polls show deep divisions within the UCP over it.