"It’s a great result for Canada that Albertans have chosen unity," Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Tuesday before a Cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
Residents of the province were asked if they wished to remain in Canada or to hold another vote on breaking away, in a referendum that was a win for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Prime Minister Mark Carney won over Canada’s most conservative province by promising a pipeline and campaigning hard, defeating its efforts to secede.
Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st US state have helped Prime Minister Mark Carney rally support in Alberta.
Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st US state have helped Prime Minister Mark Carney rally support in Alberta.
Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying
Result is a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unityVoters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin the process of independence,...
In a major victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney, Alberta has voted to remain in Canada in the referendum held yesterday. According to preliminary results, 76.5% of ballots were cast in favour of...
"Albertans made a clear choice," Carney said. "They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other. Above all, Albertans chose Canada."
The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Voters in Canada's oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in the country, referendum results showed Tuesday, delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark...
The support from the referendum will boost Carney’s ambitions to get a major pipeline out of Alberta that he hopes could revive the economy
Voters agreed that Alberta should take increased control over immigration to decrease it to more sustainable levels
Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national...
Some saw the referendum as giving oxygen to a movement that previously had only marginal support.
The vote was not a referendum on independence from Canada, but it would have begun a process towards possible separation.
With more than 1 million votes counted, about 76% supported remaining in Canada, compared with 23% who backed beginning a process that could lead to separation
The monthslong debate on the oil-rich province’s future exposed deep divisions that might not be easily mended.
Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province's first-ever referendum on separation.
Most Alberta voters rejected a proposal to initiate the process for a future binding referendum on independence, according to preliminary results cited by CBC The oil-rich Canadian province of...
As Canada's Alberta province votes today on whether to hold a binding referendum on leaving Canada, a survey has found that fewer than a quarter of residents support leaving the country.
About 3 million Albertans are eligible to vote in the non-binding separation referendum, but polls show deep divisions within the UCP over it.
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