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Oil-rich Alberta votes on Canada breakup

Alberta decides Monday if it wants to pursue a binding referendum on leaving Canada, with Prime Minister Mark Carney warning a separatist win would bring dangerous uncertainty during a trade war with the United States. Polls indicate less than a quarter of people in the western Canadian province support independence. But attention has focused on turnout in the days before the vote, and whether a motivated separatist camp could defy the polls, helped by complacent federalists. “Don’t let anyone t

Source: Dawn