Voters in Oil-Rich Alberta Reject Leaving Canada

What happened: Voters in Alberta, Canada's oil-rich province, rejected a proposal to leave Canada, according to the New York Times report. Why it matters: The result keeps Alberta, described as oil-rich, within Canada, resolving a separatist question that had been put to voters. Note: The supplied content contains only a headline, a photo caption, and a summary line. No figures, dates, vote margins, or analyst reactions were provided, so the Key numbers line is omitted.

Voters in Alberta, Canada's oil-rich province, rejected a proposal to leave Canada, according to the New York Times report.

The result keeps Alberta, described as oil-rich, within Canada, resolving a separatist question that had been put to voters. Note: The supplied content contains only a headline, a photo caption, and a summary line. No figures, dates, vote margins, or analyst reactions were provided, so the Key numbers line is omitted.