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  "path": "/oil-rich-alberta-pushes-closer-to-independence-referendum-as-carney-declares-province-essential-to-canada/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T17:00:24.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Prime Minister Mark Carney asserted that Alberta was “essential” to Canada’s future, hours after the province’s leader moved the oil-rich region closer to a referendum on independence. Separatists in Alberta spent months collecting signatures to trigger a binding October vote to secede from the nation. On May 4, they delivered their petition to provincial officials, […]\n\nThe post Oil Rich Alberta Pushes Closer to Independence Referendum as Carney Says Province ‘Essential to Canada appeared first on EURASIAN TIMES.",
  "title": "Oil Rich Alberta Pushes Closer to Independence Referendum as Carney Says Province ‘Essential to Canada"
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