18 h. ago Élections municipales 2025: encore trop peu de candidates à la mairie

Moins du quart des candidatures à la mairie des municipalités du Québec sont des femmes, malgré les nombreuses avancées des dernières années.

Politics

28 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Stats, studies back Poilievre's call for tighter bail laws

Whenever someone like Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggests tightening up bail laws in Canada, someone else — a criminologist, prisoners’ rights advocate, Liberal cabinet minister — is quick to point out that crime fell 3.6 per cent across the country in 2024. For instance, last fall when Poilievre first suggested his “Jail, Not Bail” reforms […]

Events

40 h. ago Montreal election 2025: Here’s the official list of candidates and parties

Montrealers will head to the polls on Nov. 2.

Politics

40 h. ago Montreal election 2025: More than 400 candidates running, including 8 for mayor

Montreal’s 2025 municipal election is set, with more than 400 candidates running for 103 positions, including eight mayoral contenders.

Politics

52 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Who does Janz group want to take council back from? Themselves?

Coun. Michael Janz, the candidate in Ward papastew for the Working Families “collective” (don’t call it a party), put out a TikTok video recently breathlessly warning that “there are two conservative parties fighting for control of our city.” He was holding a brochure from PACE (the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton) and another from Tim […]

Events

60 h. ago Élections municipales: les Montréalais ne connaissent pas les candidats

Des Montréalais ne sont tellement pas informés sur les élections municipales en cours qu’ils ignorent carrément qui sont les candidats à la mairie.

Politics

66 h. ago Campaigns spar over donor transparency in Calgary municipal election

In past elections, candidates had several months after voting day to provide disclosures. This time around, the rules are different

Politics

67 h. ago Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

In debates and at the doors, public safety and homelessness seem to be top of mind for Edmonton residents and municipal candidates alike. While this dialogue is welcome, it leaves out the people most impacted — the nearly 5,000 people in Edmonton who are living unhoused. As a result, many fail to recognize the simple […]

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68 h. ago Calgary civic election: Campaign donor statements | Calgary Chamber crime concerns | Candidates vow to repeal blanket rezoning

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

Politics

69 h. ago Futur Montréal candidate charged after allegedly beating his partner

Dani Muzungu, 26, who was running in the Snowdon district, faces eight charges, including aggravated assault and uttering death threats.

Culture

69 h. ago Futur Montréal candidate charged with assaulting his partner

Dani Muzungu, 26, who was running in the Snowdon district, faces eight charges, including aggravated assault and uttering death threats.

Events

2 d. ago Élections municipales à Montréal: un candidat arrêté pour avoir battu sa conjointe

Un candidat aux prochaines élections municipales a été arrêté mercredi pour avoir battu sa conjointe.

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2 d. ago Calgary civic election: Calgary Chamber crime concerns | Candidates vow to repeal blanket rezoning | Vote Bus returns

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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3 d. ago Lorne Gunter: UCP pipeline proposal doomed to be blocked by feds, B.C.

The Alberta government is working on a proposal (to be submitted to Ottawa next year) for a new pipeline that checks almost all the boxes. Almost. The advisory group steering the project will bring together some of the best minds in the oil and gas industry, it will enlist Alberta’s impressive Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute […]

Events

3 d. ago Letters: Actions of Edmonton’s next council must be grounded in reality

Can Danielle Smith get a new pipeline built? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! GOVERN WITH PRAGMATISM With the civic election fast approaching, many candidates have taken to social media to share their views, especially around Truth and Reconciliation Day. Rajah Maggay, a candidate running in Nakota Isga (Ward 1), stated that city council must […]

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3 d. ago Typical Calgary infill townhouse includes $147K in extra regulatory costs: report

The Calgary Inner City Builders Association (CICBA), the organization behind the report, is calling on candidates in the upcoming election to work with them to address the costs.

Economics

3 d. ago Calgary civic election: Candidates vow to repeal blanket rezoning | Vote Bus returns | How political parties work

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

Politics

3 d. ago Calgary municipal election 2025: Voters' guide for mayoral candidates

Learn more about candidates running for mayor in Calgary

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4 d. ago Calgary civic election: How political parties work | Candidate says sign removal unfair | Candidate admits prison sentence

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

Politics

4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Feds' notwithstanding clause court application could harm the federation

The federal government is attempting to neuter the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause. They claim to be doing so to preserve Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms from callous provincial politicians. But, in effect, the Carney Liberals are looking to accomplish the biggest federal power grab since the Constitution was repatriated from Britain, and the Charter added […]

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