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Its third-largest province just gave conservative reformers a landslide.

A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said.

Canada’s military disclosed on Thursday that a live grenade exercise was the cause of a recent deadly fire at an Alberta base, where four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people were injured. The grenade training sparked the fast-moving grass fire that was picked up by strong winds at the Canadian military base on […]

‘Scapegoating non-permanent residents is not going to lower the cost of living,’ Vanesa Ortiz says When Vanesa Ortiz came to Calgary from Mexico, she found herself in a city gripped by winter. Outside the airport, it was -15C (5F). “I would come to understand that this was not an extreme cold,” she said. “But in the moment it was terrifying. Continue reading...

Despite political and economic complaints, residents of oil-rich Alberta have affirmed their Canadianness. But this week’s referendum highlights the ongoing demand to redefine a national, civic identity.

Alberta secessionists lost a referendum by a large margin. Quebec secessionists are in better shape, but still facing an uphill struggle.

Prime Minister Mark Carney won over Canada’s most conservative province by promising a pipeline and campaigning hard, defeating its efforts to secede.

Voters in oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, according to referendum results released Tuesday, delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney's push for national unity.

Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed the results of the Alberta referendum as a “great day for Canada,” declaring that the province has now chosen unity over the prospect of separation.

Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying.

Voters’ emphatic rejection of separation strengthens Mark Carney’s energy strategy in the face of a US trade war and threats Canadians are proving to be a voice of sanity. In roundly rejecting the idea of separating from Canada, voters in the oil- and gas-rich province of Alberta sensibly backed the nation-building strategy of the prime minister, Mark Carney. He has put Alberta at the centre of his plan to make Canada an energy superpower that is “ much less dependent on the United States ”. Donald Trump’s trade war and threats last week to make Canada the 51st US state were a fillip for Mr Carney in Alberta, a landlocked western province where Liberal prime ministers have historically been unpopular. The stakes were high: a successful separatist campaign would have handed Mr Trump leverage over Canada’s resource belt. The result instead lets Mr Carney cast Alberta’s mineral wealth as a national asset, rather than allow separatists to define it as a regional grievance. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...

Voters in oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, according to referendum results released Tuesday, delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney's push for national unity as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and annexation threats rally Canadians around their country.

Alberta residents rejected the idea of separating from Canada, a victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney after a historic referendum campaign that created divisions in the country’s energy heartland. But Carney still has an uphill battle, as Iain Boekhoff explains (Source: Bloomberg)

Frustration with federal energy policy helped drive the push for independence. The vote leaves those grievances unresolved.

In the latest This Week in Canada newsletter: Alberta’s separatism vote went down to defeat, but the overtaxation, overregulation, and other grievances that fueled the movement are as entrenched as ever, writes Rupa Subramanya.

Albertans voted overwhelmingly to remain a part of Canada in Monday’s independence referendum, an outcome that had been consistently indicated by polling. Elections Alberta said that with 1.5 million votes counted, 76% were for remaining in Canada, while roughly 24% backed independence. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrated the results, saying, “Albertans and all Canadians […]

Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province's first-ever referendum on separation, in a much-needed win for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he attempts to unify the country amid a trade war with the US.

Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province's first-ever referendum ‌on separation.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed early referendum results indicating that Albertans voted for the province to remain part of Canada.

The vote was not a referendum on independence from Canada, but it would have begun a process towards possible separation.

Voters in Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta have rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, results showed early Tuesday, delivering a victory for supporters of Canadian unity.

Projection delivers a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unity Voters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, the national broadcaster CBC has projected, delivering a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unity. With more than 1 million votes counted early Tuesday, about 76% supported remaining in Canada, compared with 23% who backed beginning a process that could lead to separation. About a third of ballots had been counted. Continue reading...

Voters in Alberta are set to reject separation from Canada, a victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney after a long referendum campaign that created divisions in the country’s energy heartland.