TORONTO: Alberta voters decide next week if they want the oil-rich province to begin the process of separating from Canada, a pivotal test for the country as it confronts a hostile United States. Polling indicates less than a quarter of Alberta’s roughly five million people want independence, but in an interview with AFP on Tuesday, a separatist leader insisted those numbers were off. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we actually win this referendum,” said Mitch Sylvestre, who heads the Alberta Prospe

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