67 m. ago Key House Panel Advances Medicaid Cuts in Republican Tax Package

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to advance Republican plans to cut federal funding for Medicaid, the US health insurance program for low-income and disabled people.

Economics

33 h. ago Despite polarizing election, poll suggests Canadians don’t want two

OTTAWA — While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don’t want the country end up with a two-party system. The poll of over 1,600 Canadians, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian […]

Politics

56 h. ago Canadian consumer confidence rises after Carney’s election win, polling shows

The index is now at 48.6. A reading below 50 still indicates negative views, but it’s the highest in nine weeks

Politics

3 d. ago Letters, May 11: Let the separatists pay for their own unnecessary vote

Do you like the proposed election law changes? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! COSTLY REFERENDUM Reports suggest that the referendum on Alberta separating will cost $10 million. Think about it. $10 million could be spent on more necessary issues in Alberta. As a non-separatist, why should my tax dollars go to funding a referendum? […]

Other

1 week ago Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: Poll

OTTAWA — More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major […]

Politics

1 week ago Majority of Canadians say misinformation affected federal election: poll

More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.

Politics

1 week ago ‘One of the best elections for the polls in a long time’: How pollsters predicted federal election outcome

'People sometimes expect perfection out of polls and that is not reasonable'

Politics

1 week ago Riding Pierre Poilievre lost in had highest voter turnout in Ontario, data shows

Around 68.7 per cent of eligible Canadians cast a ballot for their party of choice, but those numbers fluctuated widely among ridings in Ontario.

Other

2 w. ago Canada election: Where voters came out the most in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

Maritimers, like Canadians across the country, were eager to head to the polls in this federal election, preliminary numbers from Elections Canada show.

Politics

2 w. ago Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr elected in battleground Kelowna riding

On Tuesday afternoon, Elections Canada said 100 per cent of polls were reporting and Stephen Fuhr was ahead of Conservative candidate Tracy Gray by 235 votes.

Events

2 w. ago Elections Canada says more than 19.2M voters cast a ballot in federal election

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says more than 67 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.2 million people. While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible electors voted. But […]

Politics

2 w. ago Canada election tells a tale of 2 demographics split on top issues

Exit polls conducted by Ipsos found older Canadians went for the Liberals due to U.S. issues, while younger Canadians took their affordability concerns to the Conservatives.

Politics

2 w. ago Ontario Premier Doug Ford congratulates Mark Carney on projected Liberal win

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is congratulating Mark Carney on his projected victory for the Liberals, and thanked both Pierre Pollievre and Jagmeet Singh for running in the election.

Transport

2 w. 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...

Politics

2 w. ago LIVE: Federal election polls close, London region's 10 ridings await results

LFP journalists and our Postmedia colleagues across Southwestern Ontario are fanning out to cover the 10-riding London region's results in Monday night's federal election.

Politics

2 w. ago LIVE: Federal election polls close, results arrive in London region's 10 ridings

LFP journalists and our Postmedia colleagues across Southwestern Ontario are fanning out to cover the 10-riding London region's results in Monday night's federal election.

Politics

2 w. ago Federal election results LIVE: Polls officially close, who’s winning in your riding

Track live federal election results in Ottawa and across Canada. See riding-by-riding results, seat projections and major upsets as polls report.

Politics

2 w. ago What the polls tell us: Conservatives narrowed the gap, but still trailed Liberals in late polling

NDP and Bloc jockey for third in predicted popular vote

Other

2 w. ago Liberal voters directed to wrong polling station in battleground Toronto riding

Liberal voters in one of Toronto's most hotly-contested battleground ridings were mistakenly directed to the wrong station in what could prove a costly election day fumble.A voter in midtown Toronto's Eglinton—Lawrence riding reported that homes on their block were issued flyers on behalf of Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro in the morning hours after the polls opened.The flyer directed voters from at least one Glencairn Avenue address, and possibly other streets, to cast their ballots at John Wanless Public School, contradicting voter information cards specifying the correct location of Glenview Senior Public School.Luckily, the voters who reported this discrepancy had already cast their ballots by the time the flyer arrived on their doorsteps, but it raises questions of just how widespread this error was.A representative from Gasparro's campaign confirmed the report to blogTO, explaining that "after some investigation, it looks like a...

Events

2 w. ago On election day, Trump once again calls for Canada to become 51st state

The U.S. president also wished Canadians 'good luck' in a Truth Social post as they headed to the polls in the federal election.

Politics