57 h. ago New MP’s Ajax election win follows messy City Hall failures 

Jennifer McKelvie rode a Toronto city council cold streak into Parliament. McKelvie, a deputy mayor and longtime councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, won the federal riding of Ajax in last Monday’s election, running as a Liberal. She picked up 56.3% of the vote, ahead of the 39.1% for Conservative Greg Brady. McKelvie’s history in east Scarborough […]

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage takes aim at the UK’s dominant parties with hefty gains in local elections

LONDON (AP) — The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage snatched a seat in Parliament from the governing Labour Party and won hundreds of local council seats from the opposition Conservatives in elections that Farage hailed Friday as a turning point towards ending the two parties’ poltiical dominance. Reform’s Sarah Pochin was declared […]

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5 d. ago WARMINGTON: With gas up 20 cents since election campaign, so much for tax holiday on fill

Gas wizard Dan McTeague warns another 20 cents a litre is possible if Carney implements industrial carbon tax

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7 d. 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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7 d. ago Ontario wants cops empowered to seize electronic devices for vehicle theft

The province is making moves to get tougher on auto theft in Ontario. The Ford government proposed legislation that would amend the Highway Traffic Act to give police the authority to search for and seize electronic devices that are intended to be used for vehicle theft. While authorities say the combined efforts of law enforcement […]

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7 d. ago Election 2025: Sohi loses in Edmonton Southeast as Conservative Mahal clinches victory

“This is not the result we expected, but this is the result that we accept,” Sohi said

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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Federal election exit polls: Who Londoners voted for, and why

Hours ahead of Monday night’s final federal election results, Londoners went to local polling stations to cast a ballot for their local MP. Who did they pick? LFP’s Mike Hensen spoke with a few of them to find out TONY MADEIROS London-Fanshawe “I voted Conservative, because I want change,” he said. “I’m tired of the […]

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1 week ago Ikea hosts annual electronic recycling event to mark Earth Month

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., people can drop off their electronics at a bin in the North parking lot of the furniture store to be repurposed or disposed off sustainably.

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1 week ago Federal election: Tempers flare (again) between rivals in Oxford

The Conservative seeking re-election as MP in the Southwestern Ontario riding of Oxford has drawn fire from his Liberal opponent over missing a debate, the latest clash between the two in the campaign's final days.

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1 week ago ‘Energy is electric’: A mashup of cosplayers and celebrities in Parade of Wonders

Mayor Jyoti Gondek, decked out as Thor, led the parade with Loki, the 'Dog Mayor of Calgary', under sunny skies

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1 week ago Federal election: Liberal rips Conservative rival over letter on churches, taxes

The Liberal candidate in a Southwestern Ontario riding is accusing his Conservative rival of “divisive and fear-mongering politics” over a letter suggesting the government intends to end the tax-exempt status of churches. David Hilderley, running for the Liberals in Oxford, released a statement accusing Conservative incumbent Arpan Khanna of engaging in a “disinformation and smear […]

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1 week ago Federal election: Liberal rips Tory rival over letter on churches, taxes

The Liberal candidate in a Southwestern Ontario riding is accusing his Conservative rival of “divisive and fear-mongering politics” over a letter suggesting the government intends to end the tax-exempt status of churches. David Hilderley, running for the Liberals in Oxford, released a statement accusing Conservative incumbent Arpan Khanna of engaging in a “disinformation and smear […]

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1 week ago Singh targets the Liberals in NDP leader's second Edmonton election stop

"People have rejected Pierre Poilievre, and I think it's pretty clear he's not going to win this election. But, do you want Mark Carney to have all the power?"

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1 week ago Elections Canada short hundreds of staff in four Alberta ridings

Hundreds of jobs are available with less than a week to go before the big day

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1 week ago Voting by mail? Some Canadians should return their ballot in person now

Thousands of Canadians have applied to vote by mail, but those voting from within their riding should return it in person to a local Elections Canada office as soon as possible.

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1 week ago Federal election: Viral 'Brantford Boomer' photo causes stir in St. Thomas

A craft brewery in St. Thomas is distancing itself from a former executive after a photo of him making an obscene gesture outside a Liberal rally in Brantford went viral on social media. Matt Janes, who is a volunteer for David Goodwin, a Liberal candidate in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South, was photographed as he held up […]

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2 w. ago Grinning Carney supporter gives two middle fingers in defining election moment

A man who gave a giant “f*** you” at a rally for Liberal Leader Mark Carney has become a symbol for critics who oppose the way Liberals treat Canadians’ concerns. The photo of an older man giving a double middle finger while smiling at a rally in Brantford on Friday was first shared by lawyer […]

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2 w. ago From Coachella to Shambhala, Vancouver Island DJ is spinning the right sounds

Whipped Cream among the many talented women in EDM genre in B.C.

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2 w. ago Federal Election: Approximately 7.3 million votes cast during advance polling

According to Elections Canada's preliminary figures, about 2 million voters hit their local advance voting station on Friday alone.

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