80 m. ago Keith Gerein: Carney's success may depend on showing how much of an Albertan he really is

A column I wrote a few weeks ago, near the start of the campaign, asked the question of whether Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hometown — at least the one where he spent most of his childhood — might show up for him in the Canadian federal election. It was always going to be a tall order. Despite […]

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7 h. ago Conservatives Praise Poilievre’s Gains Despite Election Loss

Canadian Conservatives are backing Pierre Poilievre despite losing the election to Mark Carney’s Liberals, saying the party made significant gains in the province of Ontario and among young voters.

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7 h. ago Wednesday's letters: U.S. annexation wasn't a real election issue

In electing Mr. Carney and his Liberal Party to a fourth term, albeit with another minority government, Canadians have allowed Donald Trump to tell them how to vote. Trump played the 51st state card perfectly, raising the spectre of U.S. annexation of Canada and thus making the entire Canadian election about a threat that didn’t […]

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7 h. ago Colby Cosh: Craving stability, Canadians elected a perilously unstable government

Carney's left-flank opposition is mostly dead, but he will still have to bargain for legislation as the Tories sort themselves out

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17 h. ago Federal election: Liberals celebrate big gains in B.C. en route to forming government

The Liberals dominated much of Metro Vancouver and turned over a couple of former NDP strongholds on the Island. But the party failed to win any seats in more rural parts of the province

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19 h. ago Carney and Trump to meet in person in ‘near future’ during call Tuesday: PMO

The Canadian readout of the call said that Trump congratulated newly-elected Carney, and that both leaders agreed to work together as independent nations

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21 h. ago Carney’s Plan for Managing Trump: Keep Calm and Find New Friends

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney won election Monday by promising to manage a mercurial US president bent on waging a global trade war.

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24 h. ago What Canada’s election results mean for Canadians, Trump and U.S. tariffs

Canada’s Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, is projected to win a federal election that played out against a tumultuous backdrop of President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. It was not immediately clear whether the Liberals would lead a minority or majority government as votes continued to be counted early Tuesday. Either way, […]

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24 h. ago Energy industry strikes hopeful tone after Liberal federal election win

CALGARY – The industry group representing Canada’s oil and gas service contractors has laid out its top priorities for the Liberal government in Ottawa, which held onto power in Monday’s federal election. The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors says both the Liberals and the Conservatives recognized the need to grow oil and gas development during […]

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25 h. ago How many Canadians voted in the federal election? What we know about the turnout

Voter turnout expected to rank among the biggest in decades when all is said and done

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26 h. ago These were the closest races in Toronto ridings during Canada's federal election

The 45th Canadian federal election is officially over, and Mark Carney has led the Liberal Party of Canada to a narrow victory. The Liberals have won 162 seats and are leading in six more as of Tuesday morning, just shy of the 172 seats required for a majority in the 343-seat House of Commons.The Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, is set to remain in opposition with 140 seats and leads in four additional ridings as of Tuesday morning. Some seats throughout the province remain too close to call.The general election brought some significant changes to the House of Commons, with the emergence of a two-party contest between the Liberals and Conservatives, the collapse of NDP support, and many notable incumbent losses.Here's a look at the result from key battleground ridings in Toronto.Toronto—St. Paul'sLong held by the Liberals, this riding flipped to the Conservatives in a by-election last June, when Don Stewart won by just over 600 votes, becoming the...

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26 h. ago Here’s what Carney has promised for consumers on taxes and affordability

Mark Carney made several campaign promises aimed at improving affordability for Canadians on top of measures already enacted prior to calling an election.

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32 h. ago Canada’s Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Loses His Own Seat in Election, CBC Projects

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his own seat in the Canadian election, despite delivering the best result for his party since 2011.

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38 h. ago Canadian Dollar Edges Higher as Carney’s Liberals Win Election

Canada’s dollar rose against the greenback as Mark Carney was projected to win in the election, keeping the former central banker in the Prime Minister role and his Liberal Party in power.

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38 h. ago Canadian Dollar Slips as Liberals Head for Only Narrow Victory

Canada’s dollar weakened against the greenback on speculation Mark Carney’s Liberal Party would achieve only a narrow election victory.

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39 h. ago Mark Carney projected as winner of Canadian federal election

The 45th Canadian federal election results are in, and the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Mark Carney, is projected to form government.Either party needed 172 seats out of a possible 343 to form a majority.As of this article's publication, the count shows the Liberal Party of Canada winning 130 seats and the Conservative Party of Canada winning 89 seats. Many seats are left to be decided but several publications have now called a majority for Carney.Carney and Conservative leader Poilievre ran two very different campaigns, and U.S. President Donald Trump was a significant factor in political conversations leading to the election. Tariffs and the trade war took up considerable time on the campaign trail for both leaders.Trump even got involved on the morning of election day.As of the time of writing, the Liberal Party jumped to an early lead as results started to roll in, leading by 132 seats to 88 seats for Conservatives at one point. That ballooned as the day progressed.Lookin...

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40 h. ago Elections Canada website suffers technical issues at worst possible time

It appears Elections Canada's website is experiencing some technical issues this evening, just as polls in the 45th Canadian federal general election are beginning to come to a full close across the country.As of the time of writing, voting stations are still open in British Columbia, Alberta, parts of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. Polling stations in B.C. will be the last to close at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PDT.The issues with the website first began at approximately 7 p.m. ET.In a series of posts on X in response to a growing number of social media reports raising issues of the website outage, Elections Canada recommended last minute voters to check the voting location details on the voting card mailed to their home or call the local elections office.In a bulletin, Elections Canada has noted that they are "working hard to fix it.""Our website is having technical difficulties. As a result, some of our online services and tools are currently unava...

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48 h. ago Federal election live updates: Get the latest news and commentary as Canada votes

Millions of Canadians are casting their ballots in Canada's federal election today. Get the latest news and commentary

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48 h. ago Federal election live results and updates: Polls close in Atlantic Canada, some polls reporting

Millions of Canadians are casting their ballots in Canada's federal election today. Get the latest news and commentary

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48 h. ago Federal election live results: Conservatives show surprising resilience in early Atlantic Canada returns

Millions of Canadians are casting their ballots in Canada's federal election today. Get the latest news and commentary

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