The Chronicler

An Alberta Court of King’s Bench justice quashed the province’s separatist referendum petition, ruling that First Nations must be consulted before any independence process; Premier Smith has vowed to appeal. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a two-day summit in Beijing, with trade, Taiwan, and the Iran war on the agenda — as the Maple Leafs fired coach Craig Berube and Virat Kohli marked a match-winning century with a candid reflection on his cricket future.