Premiers from Western Canada and the northern territories are set to gather in Alberta to discuss business, trade and their neighbouring relationships, all while the host province stews over a monumental question of quitting Confederation.

The feud over separation is boosting sales in flags and souvenir stores in Edmonton even as others worry it can hurt the province’s economy. Albertan and Canadian flags are flying off the shelves at ‘O Canada gear’ in South Central Edmonton as Albertans are set to vote on whether to have a separation referendum this

Separatist group Stay Free Alberta formally submitted the petition that could trigger a referendum to leave Canada on Monday, May 4. The petition only needed 178,000 signatures to move forward, and it officially received over 300,

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's wondering why western Canadian premiers are meeting in Alberta to talk co-operation when the host premier wants to test separation. "To say that this is the worst time to begin testing the bonds that hold this country together is a significant understatement,

A scholar overseas says "Brexit has a lot of lessons to teach Albertans" about the dangers of a vote on separation, with October's referendum on the question of separation drawing comparisons to what he and Prime Minister Mark Carney call the ill-fated vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

KANANASKIS — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is urging Premier Danielle Smith to press pause on her fall separation referendum.

Prime Minister Mark Carney invoked the turmoil of Brexit in warning that Alberta’s referendum proposal is “a very dangerous bluff” for Canada. “People say it’s the start of a negotiation process, but for some people it’s the start of real separation,