Residents of the oil-rich province of Alberta will decide in a referendum on a possible path toward secession from Canada, a move repeatedly demanded by a minority. The vote is scheduled for October ...

Premier Danielle Smith announced that she would ask citizens to vote on whether they want to stay in Canada, or hold a ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries. But all this ...

EDMONTON — Political scientists say Indigenous treaty rights represent a significant legal hurdle for separatists in Alberta, ...

Stay Free Canada said it formally submitted 302,000 signatures of the 178,000 names it needs for the measure to get on the ballot. If passed, Alberta would become independent of Canada.

Grassroots movements of Americans seeking a political divorce from their fellow citizens have recently gained traction amid deepening cultural rifts, according to multiple figures involved with ...

School districts in a growing number of U.S. states are trying to break off from existing districts. These "seceding" areas, as experts refer to the practice, tend to be wealthier and whiter than the ...

Historically, many sovereign states have granted separatist cultural and ideological groups political autonomy as a means of ...