QuickQuotes: Leaders react after Albertans vote to remain in Canada
OTTAWA — Albertans voted overwhelmingly to stay in Canada on Monday in a historic referendum vote.
Referendum News, Live and Structured
Real-time referendum news, structured for developers. NewsMesh surfaces referendum coverage from outlets across 35 countries and serves it as clean JSON, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body. Pull it with full-text search (GET /v1/search?q=) and layer category, country, or date filters on top, no scraping required.
Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions
While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday’s referendum, results were decidedly closer in early returns on nine other questions. The post Albertans split in early ret...
Alberta referendum vote to remain is ‘great result for Canada,’ Carney says
Albertans have opted to remain part of Canada — decisively voting to reject the idea of holding a formal referendum on separatism.
Alberta votes on breaking away from Canada as secession debate intensifies
Alberta held a nonbinding referendum on October 19, on whether the oil-rich Canadian province should secede from Canada, amid growing frustration over economic issues. Polls ind...
Alberta remains in Canada. And now the real work begins
Business and political leaders need to ensure growth in the province is not hampered in the referendum’s aftermath
Graphic of the week: Moving on after the referendum
Albertans ready for government to work on other issues, poll finds
Albertans mixed on other referendum questions after rejecting separation
Albertans decisively rejected moving toward separation in Monday’s referendum, while several of the remaining questions produced narrower margins.
Bell: Smith in driver's seat after crushing Alberta separatist referendum loss
The separatists lose huge and now it's how Danielle Smith plays the cards she has in this game of high-stakes political poker
UCP MLA who backed Alberta separatist petition not seeking re-election
A United Conservative Party politician who promoted a petition pushing for a referendum on separation says he will not seek re-election.
Why the other nine Alberta referendum questions should dampen Canada’s celebration
Why the other nine Alberta referendum questions should dampen Canada's celebration
Questions No. 1 through No. 4 sought a mandate to reduce the number of immigrants settled in Alberta and restrict their access to pricey social programs like health care and edu...
Alberta referendum a notable chapter in long history of grievance with Ottawa
While the majority of Albertans opted to stay in Canada, the referendum brought to light grievances towards the federal government that go back nearly a century.
Alberta voters reject move to separate from Canada
A group of separatists in Alberta say they will pursue a second referendum despite most people voting to remain part of Canada.
All but one polling station closed in Alberta referendum. Live updates here.
All but one polling station in Alberta’s referendum is closed. Once the final vote is cast, the country will await the results of Monday’s referendum. Follow for live updates.
Alberta votes to remain part of Canada
Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province's first-ever referendum on separation.
Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions
EDMONTON - While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday’s referendum, results were decidedly closer in early returns on nine other questions.
Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions
Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions
Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions
EDMONTON — While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday’s referendum, results were decidedly closer in early returns on nine other questions.
Most Alberta referendum polls close, some still open due to late start
Almost all polling stations are closed in Alberta’s separation referendum, but the voting continues.
Referendum News coverage
NewsMesh surfaces referendum coverage from sources across 35 countries, normalised into one structured feed you can query by keyword, category, country, and date.
Pull Referendum News into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/search?q=referendum). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/search?apiKey=nm_xxx&q=referendum&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
Guides
Frequently asked questions about Referendum News
How do I pull referendum news from the API?
Call GET /v1/search?q=referendum with your apiKey to return recent referendum stories as structured JSON. Add &category= or &country= to narrow the results.
What does NewsMesh tag on each referendum story?
Every referendum article carries its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can route and filter without your own NLP layer.
Can I combine referendum with category or country filters?
Yes. Add &category=technology (or business, politics, and more) and &country=us (or any ISO country code) to the search query to focus the feed.
Is referendum news available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: referendum stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the referendum news feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more referendum articles?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.