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The New Democrat Party is confronting what looks to be its worst-ever performance in Monday’s federal election, with Jagmeet Singh losing his riding, resigning his leadership and the party losing official status in the House of Commons. Global News is projecting the Liberals will form government for the fourth time — their third minority in…
Saskatchewan remained mostly Tory blue after the results of the federal election, but the mood at Conservative HQ in Saskatoon was subdued, being described as ‘bittersweet.’ Source link
Canadians split among age groups as well as party lines in casting their votes in Monday’s federal election, exit polls suggested, with different issues driving their choices. Exit polls conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News found Canadians aged 55 and older leaned toward the Liberals, who were seen as the party that would best…
The federal Liberals will form a minority government, Global News projects – so what’s next for consumers? Now that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party has secured the most seats in the House of Commons, here are some of the key promises made for the country’s economy and consumers. It comes as the country faces the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford has congratulated Liberal Leader Mark Carney on his projected election triumph. “I want to congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory,” Ford said in a statement on Tuesday morning. “I also want to thank Pierre Poilievre, Jagmeet Singh and every candidate…
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his projected Liberal government is facing economic challenges not seen for generations. The Liberals were projected by Global News on Monday night to form government, though it’s not clear as of 8:31 a.m. Eastern on April 29 whether it would be a minority or majority. Either way, Carney is set…
The Ford government is officially moving forward with a formal feasibility study for a tunnelled expressway below Highway 401, issuing a call for companies to investigate the viability of the plan. On Monday afternoon, the government posted a request for proposals for companies to undertake a two-year feasibility study for a tunnelled highway route from…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the vote counts continue to roll in across the country, Saskatchewan looks like it will once again be bathed in Tory blue in contrast to the national results, which are projected to deliver a Liberal government. All 14 of the province’s ridings came into the election…
The Liberals are projected to win Monday night’s federal election, but in Manitoba — especially outside Winnipeg — not much appears to have changed as results continue to roll in. Five of the six ridings in rural Manitoba came into the election having been represented by Conservative candidates, with only Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, covering a huge…
Pierre Poilievre has spent the last two years demanding change. But over the course of the 36-day federal election campaign, Poilievre showed he wasn’t capable of changing himself. After a wild night of changing fortunes, the Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney were projected to win a fourth-straight mandate despite starting 2025 on life support….
Voters across the Greater Toronto Area headed to the polls to help choose Canada’s next prime minister in what is shaping up to be one of the most closely-watched federal election in recent memory. As polls began reporting results, early numbers showed the Liberal Party were maintaining a lead across the GTA, continuing a trend…
The first polls in Canada’s federal election have closed in Newfoundland and Labrador as millions of Canadians cast their ballot in the 2025 federal general election. To watch as the live results of the election roll in, click here. Newfoundland and Labrador was the first province where polls closed on Monday at 8:30 p.m. local…
Some urban seats in Manitoba could see tight races as voting wraps up Monday for the federal election. Political analyst Christopher Adams from the University of Manitoba says a few months ago, polls suggested a number of Liberal-held seats in Winnipeg were set to switch to Conservative. But with the NDP falling in opinion polls and the Liberals rising,…
Canadians will soon decide who will form the next government in Monday’s federal election — and there’s still time to become an informed voter before casting your ballot. Global News has been tracking the campaign since it began last month, including the promises made by each major party on the issues that matter most to…
Having municipalities cut development fees is a policy plank shared by both the Liberals and Conservatives to get more housing built, but Calgary’s mayor warns the move could do the opposite. Development fees are paid to municipalities by builders to help fund infrastructure like roads, sewers and electricity. If elected, the Conservatives announced the party…
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted April 24, 2025 3:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former Alberta cabinet minister says an investigation called by Premier Danielle Smith’s government into multimillion-dollar health contracts looks like a “whitewashing” exercise. Peter Guthrie, now an Independent member of the legislature,…
As Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump has resumed his attacks on the country’s auto sector and sovereignty, prompting Canada’s party leaders to once more stress they will fight to protect both. On Wednesday, Trump told reporters it was possible his 25 per cent tariffs “could go…
Over the past decade, successive provincial governments have announced major expansion projects for Ontario’s largest and most congested highway, promising that new lanes will alleviate worsening traffic. Between 2016 and 2024, Ontario began and completed 134 km of new lanes along Highway 401, which stretches from the U.S. border in the west through the gridlocked…
By Kendra Gannon Global News Posted April 24, 2025 5:00 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As election day approaches, Nova Scotians are expressing what they want to see from the next federal government. In North Preston, Canada’s largest Black community, some say they’re feeling disconnected to the area’s…
A $145,000 Italy trip by a group of Ontario school trustees is “symbolic of deeper structural problems” within the school board. That statement was made in the findings of a third-party review into the July 2024 trip by trustees of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB), and released Wednesday as part of a…
Owners of Tesla vehicles were the biggest beneficiaries in recent months of electric-vehicle rebates offered by the Manitoba government, newly released documents show. The province announced last summer that it would offer rebates of up to $4,000 to people who buy or lease electric vehicles with a suggested retail price of less than $70,000. The…
As the Ford government works to move the Ontario Science Centre from its historic home to a new flagship location on the waterfront, the province is looking for a consultant to guide the vision, a move that’s setting off alarm bells for some advocates. The province is in the midst of relocating the science centre…
Airdrie—Cochrane is a federal riding located in Alberta and is a new riding in the 2025 Canadian election. This riding consists of the city of Airdrie and the town of Cochrane as well as some surrounding areas. Voters will decide who will represent Airdrie—Cochrane in Alberta during the upcoming Canadian election on April 28, 2025. Visit this page on…
Vancouver city council has unanimously approved the official development plan for a First-Nations-led project to build thousands of new homes in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood. The plan, which has been hotly contested by some area residents, envisions 13,000 new homes housing 24,000 people on the Jericho Lands site, a 90-acre former military garrison across…
A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that’s hiring doctors as municipal employees is “very close” to hiring two more physicians, and its mayor believes it will eventually exceed its goal of hiring eight in total. Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi said Monday that the city-owned clinic currently has one doctor, and employment contracts are soon…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last Thursday Global News reported how the province was planning to buy 5,000 Yeti water bottles for paramedics, costing up to $80 each. BC Emergency Health Services posted the invitation to quote on the BC Bid website. Yeti is based in Texas and only days earlier Premier…
Canadian domestic extremists are using the federal election to amplify “corrosive” narratives around democracy, immigration and conspiracy theories, a new report suggests. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found Canadian extremists are capitalizing on the deteriorating relationship between Canada and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to draw people towards their movements. The ISD is an…
There was a visible police presence outside Vancouver’s Ross Street Gurdwara on Monday, following an overnight act of vandalism on Saturday. The Khalsa Diwan Society that operates the Sikh temple says it’s the first time in the facility’s history that slogans like this have defaced their walls. The graffiti included a word that means “death…
As the world awoke Monday morning to the news of Pope Francis’ death, Catholics in Alberta joined the faithful in mourning the 88-year-old pontiff’s passing. “His legacy is the word ‘hope’ for everybody, Christian and non-Christian,” said Caesar Blanco as he attended morning mass at St. Mary’s cathedral in Calgary. “He was a people’s pope,”…
When U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to put 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods on Jan. 29, Winkler-area potato farmer Juston Schmidt worked to ship as many potatoes to the States as possible before they came into effect Feb. 4, 2025. “We were a little concerned at first,” the vice-president of Schmidt…
