Smith has long held that she wants to see Alberta remain in Canada, but recently passed legislation to lower the threshold for citizens to spark a referendum on leaving.

An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations ...

Simply put, if Alberta were to leave Canada, it would lose all enforceable rights and protections offered by the Canadian ...

A group of Albertans who oppose efforts to have the province separate from the rest of Canada has filed an application to ...

Talks of separation have gathered steam after the province introduced a bill that would lower the bar for a potential citizen ...

The threat could make development of energy and resource infrastructure investments more likely, raising prosperity but also ...

But now the western province of Alberta is laying the groundwork to hold a referendum asking voters whether they support seceding from Canada. While the likelihood of such a divorce ever happening ...

The Alberta government's proposed changes ... whether it makes a referendum on seceding from Canada more likely. Here's what you need to know. A citizen initiative is a way for Albertans to ...

Houston said Tuesday he's "focused on a united Canada." "That's what's best," he said. "The things that are within our control, we'll do those." Alberta is changing the rules to make referendums ...

Jon McKenzie is one of 38 energy bosses who signed a letter to Carney laying out the sector’s demands after the Liberals’ victory ...