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Alberta Says No to MAGA-Aligned Independence Campaign

Alberta 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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