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Canada Awaits Alberta Referendum Results After Carney Urges Voters to Reject Separation

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canada awaited results Tuesday from a referendum that could put oil-rich Alberta on a path toward independence, testing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.

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U.S. News & World Report· Oct 20, 4:13 AMCanada Awaits Alberta Referendum Results After Carney Urges Voters to Reject SeparationAlso ran in SFGATE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WDIV ClickOnDetroit

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Canada’s Leader Roasts Trump With Joke About “Election Interference”Canadians may be extremely divided, but there is one thing they can all agree on: They don’t like Donald Trump. Ahead of a referendum vote that could potentially put Alberta on the path toward independence, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged province residents at a rally in Calgary Thursday night to remain united in the face of pressure from…

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GOP operatives behind Trump's Michigan win secretly working to break up Canada: reportRepublican operatives tied to President Donald Trump's 2024 win in Michigan have been quietly helping Alberta separatists in their push to split from Canada, a new investigation found. The Globe and Mail reported Saturday that GOP strategists from Michigan, part of the operation that helped Trump carry the state, flew to Calgary in January for an…

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Canada awaits Alberta referendum results after Carney urges voters to reject separationCanada is waiting on results from a referendum in oil-rich Alberta that could put the province on a path toward independence, testing national unity as President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats fuel a surge of Canadian patriotism. Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours Monday.…

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Alberta Says No to MAGA-Aligned Independence CampaignAlberta resoundingly voted against a path to independence in a referendum on Monday, in a blow to the right-wing campaign to separate the wealthy western province from Canada. Albertan independence had drawn support from MAGA-influenced movements and Christian nationalists on both sides of the border, but faced an especially uphill battle in the face of […]

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Canada's PM Mark Carney Says U.S. Trying to 'Own Us'Far-left Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed fears the United States is trying to break Canada so it can “own us” and thereby gain control of the resource-rich country, urging voters in Alberta on Thursday to reject the path toward devolution in the upcoming referendum. The post Canada’s PM Mark Carney Says U.S. Trying to ‘Own Us’ appeared…

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