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“Advance voting is under way in the Alberta referendum, and several former premiers bridged the partisan divide to promote a federalist message.”

“The Canadian Press Lines of people snaked out of schools and churches on Tuesday as advance voting began in Alberta’s referendum, with residents weighing in on 10 questions centred on provincial separation, immigration and constitutional issues.”

“Premier Danielle Smith announced in May that she would use a previously planned referendum on a range of other issues to also ask Albertans to weigh their future in this country.”

“Conservative MP Dane Lloyd, the man spearheading the party’s pro-Canada campaign, told The Globe and Mail that the Conservatives’ door-knocking campaign has met few big-city Albertans who are voting for a second referendum.”

“With little more than a week until the Alberta referendum, campaigners on both sides of the separation question have turned an eye toward the nine other ballot proposals around immigration, voter ID and constitutional issues – but they are doing it for…”

“Thousands of Albertans may not have their ballots counted for the province’s coming referendum after Elections Alberta said more than 3,000 voters failed to properly identify themselves in the mail-in voting process.”

“In Washington, the Trump administration has quietly displayed detailed knowledge of Canadian secessionist history, indicating an interest in the outcome of the referendum Oct. 19, in which Albertans will decide whether to pursue independence.”

“The Alberta premier has called a referendum for Oct. 19 that includes a question on whether Alberta should remain in Canada or whether it’s time to hold a second, binding referendum on starting the legal process to separate.”