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Nova Scotia premier dissolves legislature, calls snap election for Nov. 26
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fired the opening salvos of a snap election…
‘Nobody wants to blow up the party’: Trudeau staying, despite resignation calls
OTTAWA — Several Liberal MPs are calling for a secret ballot vote on Justin Trudeau’s…
Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing
TORONTO — Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one.…
B.C. NDP wins razor-thin majority after marathon vote count; two recounts pending
VICTORIA — The New Democrats and Premier David Eby were on track to win a…
Saskatchewan Party wins fifth straight majority government, Scott Moe back as premier
Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing…
In the news today: It’s election day for Saskatchewan residents
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million
OTTAWA — A Conservative government would scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold…
Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility
MONTREAL — Quebec’s provincial director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report…
Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders’ debates
OTTAWA — The Leaders’ Debate Commission has announced two seasoned broadcast journalists will moderate the…
Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention
OTTAWA — Former senator Mobina Jaffer says the director of Sudan’s intelligence service told her…
Parti Québécois wants robots, automation to replace temporary immigrants
MONTREAL — The Parti Québécois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace…
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in federal public service heads to Federal Court
OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of…
Secularism: Montreal to shed city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab
MONTREAL — A welcome sign in the lobby of Montreal’s newly renovated city hall depicting…
Google exempt from Online News Act for five years, must pay news outlets $100M: CRTC
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from…
Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying
OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland said the federal government will launch consultations this fall…
Toxicity and tight race fuel B.C. election integrity doubters, says professor
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia political scientist says social media questioning of the provincial election’s…
British Columbia’s tight election, by the numbers
British Columbia Premier David Eby has been asked to form government after a tally of…
The long path to a result in British Columbia’s provincial election
The election to form British Columbia’s next government came down to just a handful of…
Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier
TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it’s getting more difficult to tell videos,…
Here’s the latest on Saskatchewan’s provincial election
It’s election day in Saskatchewan. Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority, while…
CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe wins seat in provincial election
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has won his seat in Rosthern-Shellbrook.
CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck wins seat in Regina
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has won her seat in Regina Lakeview.
Scott Moe: The conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot…
A look at Saskatchewan elections and governments over the last five decades
REGINA — Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party won another majority government in the province’s general election…