EdmontonAlbertans voted 76% to stay in Canada, early results show.
The loss tests Premier Danielle Smith, who lowered the petition threshold that put the question on the ballot.
A yes would not have meant independence, only a path toward a later separation vote.
Smith also put 9 questions on more autonomy from Ottawa to voters, and early results suggest many pass.
Smith addresses the province Tuesday evening on what comes next.
How each outlet framed it
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- Fortune
- BBC
- frames the vote as pushing separatism back to the political fringes, quoting Sylvestre's one-word reaction 'Not happy'
- News18