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Danielle Smith vows to accept the result of Alberta's separation referendum

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pledged to abandon the independence debate if voters reject separation in the upcoming October referendum. This briefing covers the high stakes of the provincial vote, Canada's second consecutive month of job losses, the federal government's policy pivot on medical assistance in dying, and Canadian poet Anne Carson's Nobel Prize win.

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