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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Thursday that “years of uncertainty” could flow from Alberta’s upcoming referendum, which asks residents whether they want to hold a binding vote on independence. Carney drew comparisons to the outcome of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union made exactly a decade ago as of this past Tuesday in a referendum, the results of which have rocked the country’s economy and its politics. “This is a real referendum,” he said of the question being posed to Albertans on Oct. 19. “It’s not, you know, (a) question about a question, free...