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The referendum buried separation 75–25. Then Alberta said yes to almost everything else on the ballot — and the two questions it rejected tell you exactly where the line is. Every capital in the country should be reading the fine print.
Canada
Unofficial results from the Oct. 19 referendum show seven of nine questions passed, including provincial-law supremacy and Senate abolition. The judges question flipped to no in late counting, by the narrowest margin of the night.
Canada
In a televised address, Danielle Smith pledged no second referendum on separation, claimed Ottawa concessions on pipelines and regulations, and paid tribute to the four soldiers killed in the CFB Wainwright fire.
Canada
Jeffrey Rath says he'll push for a special UCP meeting to remove the premier, calling her an "avowed federalist." New polling shows the separatist vote lives inside her own party's coalition.
Canada
Early returns from Monday's record-turnout referendum show a decisive remain majority on the separation question — wider than months of polling predicted. Danielle Smith welcomed the verdict, Mark Carney said "above all, Albertans chose Canada," and the count continues.
Canada
More than a hundred voting locations opened late on referendum day, forcing extended hours and delaying the unofficial results. The last polls close at 10 p.m. MT — midnight in Ontario and Quebec — and only then can the hand count begin.
Canada
More than 43 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot before election day even arrived. With polls open until 8 p.m. local, Alberta could see turnout the province hasn't seen in a generation — and the separation question will be counted first.
Canada
The Canadian Armed Forces identified the four members who died when a fast-moving grass fire overtook troops at the Alberta base Saturday. At a Sunday briefing, military officials said 39 people were treated, and described flames that crossed a kilometre in under a minute.
Canada
Three days before Monday's referendum, the prime minister and the premier pitched unity together while the Conservative leader made his own case in Calgary. New Abacus polling suggests most Albertans expect the debate to outlast the vote.
Canada
Elections Alberta says roughly 815,000 ballots have been cast ahead of Monday's referendum, about 27 per cent of eligible voters. A record turnout could decide whether the "stay in Canada" majority actually shows up.
Canada
The prime minister made his loudest unity pitch yet four days before the Alberta referendum, warning that a second separation vote would bring years of division and uncertainty.
Canada
The prime minister joins Thomas Lukaszuk's "Forever Canadian" rally at the BMO Centre, with a second rally in Edmonton on Friday. Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith speak at a conservative conference in Calgary the same day.
Canada
Elections Alberta is preparing for 80–85% turnout — and the separatist side's hopes may depend on voters staying home.
Canada
Thousands of construction jobs, hundreds of permanent ones, and a billion-dollar question about who pays for the power. An honest look at the province's biggest tech deal.
Canada
In a Thanksgiving video message filmed in Edmonton, the prime minister warns a vote to start the separation process would begin "a long and uncertain process" — as advance polls open Tuesday.