Prime Minister Mark Carney has named former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour as Canada's next governor general.

Any attempt by Alberta to separate from the rest of Canada must follow the strict rules set out by the Clarity Act, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, while making the case that he can stop the secessionist push by demonstrating that the federation works.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, concluded his first official visit to Armenia. He attended the 8 th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, marking the first time a non-European leader joined the Summit.

Some European leaders, including Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, have even started to entertain the idea. It remains a pipe dream for now – but Mark Carney will at least get to play the part of a European leader in Yerevan on Monday.

An Edmonton city councillor says he and his team are helping a woman facing intimate partner violence relocate with her children after her address was leaked in an alleged privacy breach by a separatist group.

Separatists said they have submitted nearly 302,000 signatures to trigger a referendum on the province leaving Canada, far exceeding the 178,000 required to force consideration of such a vote.

Meeting of European Political Community comes amid renewed doubts about the US commitment to Nato

Mark Carney is expected to spend the bulk of his few hours in Armenia engaging with European leaders, but experts say he has momentum to build ties with Yerevan and the rest of the Caucasus as well, something first undertaken by Trudeau.