provincial

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Last week lawmakers in Quebec voted unanimously to support a motion in the provincial legislature demanding that Rousseau step down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

British Columbia made the U.N. declaration provincial law in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The RN also showed its strength in small provincial towns, with victories in Montargis, Carcassonne and La Seyne-sur-Mer, though it lost the mayoralty of Villers-Cotterets north of Paris.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Earlier this week, a group of First Nations leaders gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton to call on the provincial premier, Danielle Smith, to quash any possible succession referendum.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

What would be left might be a perfecdy charming provincial city, but would it still be Paris?

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro