CP Election

Edmonton Strathcona Green Party candidate drops out, asks supporters to vote NDP

EDMONTON - The Green Party candidate in the only riding in Alberta held by the NDP before the federal election call has dropped out of the race and is urging supporters to vote for his New Democ...

Oct 16, 2019

Scheer's Winnipeg stop in midst of storm recovery efforts raises frustrations

WINNIPEG - First Nations residents forced to evacuate their Manitoba homes after a recent snowstorm expressed frustration Monday that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was campaigning in the area inst...

Oct 16, 2019

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh trying to capitalize on newfound momentum

VANCOUVER - Jagmeet Singh likes to dance. The NDP leader often breaks into a groove if the mood strikes and there's music playing, both in public and when he criss-crosses the country by bus or p...

Oct 16, 2019

Green Leader Elizabeth May predicts minority government, warns against majority

VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says it appears Canadians are about to elect a minority government. She says minority Parliaments ensure co-operation between parties and the Greens can play lead...

Oct 16, 2019

New Brunswick premier critical of Trudeau comments on abortion services

FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing politics with the issue of abortion services in the province. The comments from Blaine Higgs come a day after&n...

Oct 16, 2019

Obama weighs in on federal election, urges Canadians to vote Trudeau

OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is urging Canadians to re-elect Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. In a message Wednesday on Twitter, Obama said that while he was president he was proud t...

Oct 16, 2019

Bloc leader says Tories should have shown love to Quebec earlier in campaign

CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says the recent Conservative push for votes in Quebec is too little too late as the prospect of a minority government looms. Blanchet ...

Oct 16, 2019

Liberals hit Ontario's manufacturing heartland, singing praises of new NAFTA

HAMILTON - Talking about international trade might be an usual way to pump up a crowd, but Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is hoping for an uncommon result in the rust belt of southern Ontario...

Oct 16, 2019

Trudeau accuses Tories of running 'one of the dirtiest, nastiest campaigns'

MONTREAL - The Conservatives are running one of the dirtiest, nastiest election campaigns Canadians have ever seen, Justin Trudeau said Wednesday as he suggested that a Liberal government wo...

Oct 16, 2019

Andrew Scheer wraps up Quebec campaign alongside star candidate

SAINT JEROME, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wrapped up what's likely his final visit to Quebec this election campaign by stopping by a Montreal-area Tim Hortons with one of his st...

Oct 16, 2019