Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying.

Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st US state have helped PM Mark Carney rally support in Alberta.

Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st US state have helped PM Mark Carney rally support in Alberta.

The results deliver a victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unity

© Reuters

Voters in Canada's oil-rich Alberta province will decide Monday whether to begin a process that could lead to independence.

Fifty investigators are examining a fire at a Canadian military base that killed four soldiers and injured 39 others

© Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP

Alberta, home to most of Canada’s proven oil reserves — the fourth largest in the world — will decide whether to remain a province or begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation

© AP

Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

Canada’s defense minister says that people have been killed and injured in an incident at a military base in Alberta that caused a major fire, while reports said that large numbers of injured people were being transported to hospitals

© The Canadian Press

Alberta is not voting to leave Canada on Oct. 19. Instead, voters will decide whether the province should remain in Canada or begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation.

"This referendum comes at the worst possible time," Carney told a large pro-Canada rally in Calgary. "The world has become more dangerous and divided. Some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us."