Canada

B.C. wakes to election uncertainty, with Conservatives, NDP in tight race

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre s...

Oct 20, 2024

New Brunswick election campaign offered voters sharp contrast in visions for province

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's election campaign has offered voters a sharp division in viewpoints for the future of the province, especially between the two leading candidates for the premier's office...

Oct 20, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau loses seat after changing ridings

VICTORIA - Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has lost her seat in the legislature after changing ridings to Victoria-Beacon Hill. Furstenau lost to Grace Lore, the minister of children and family dev...

Oct 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. NDP Leader David Eby wins his riding of Vancouver Point-Grey

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier and NDP Leader David Eby has won re-election in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. Eby was first elected to the riding in 2013, when he defeated then-premier and ...

Oct 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad elected in his riding

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad has been re-elected in his riding of Nechako Lakes. Rustad was kicked out of the Opposition BC United Party for his support on socia...

Oct 19, 2024

Here's the latest on British Columbia's wet and wild election

British Columbians have gone to the polls on an election day marked by torrential rain and high winds across much of the province. Here's the latest on the race to form the next provincial government ...

Oct 19, 2024

Fearing demolition, Montreal skateboarders rally to protect DIY skatepark from city

MONTREAL - Montreal skateboarders are rallying to protect a Do-It-Yourself skatepark known as Project 45 from what the city has said are plans to redevelop the space but skaters fear are plans to demo...

Oct 19, 2024

'Hateful and mean': LGBTQ+ advocates slam Sask. Party's proposed change room policy

Blake Tait says he's still healing from being outed by his school's guidance counsellor when he was 14. Feeling safe at his school in Saskatoon, he started telling people he was transgender. But he fe...

Oct 19, 2024

'Sleeping with an elephant:' What will a Republican or Democrat win mean for Canada?

WASHINGTON - Pierre Trudeau famously described living next to the United States as "sleeping with an elephant," a sentiment his son is intimately aware of amid this year's tumultuous and polarized Ame...

Oct 19, 2024

Where will B.C.'s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch

British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says he is watching five ridings as bellwethers. Here are the five ridings he's watching as indicators of ...

Oct 19, 2024