Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Canadians cast their ballots after divisive campaign, and amid tight polls
OTTAWA - Now it's time for what politicians always say is the only poll that really matters.Canadians will cast their ballots today in the country's 43rd general election after what federal leaders th...
Oct 21, 2019
Make your mark: P.A. heads to the polls on Election Day
After 40 days on the campaign trail the political candidates vying for the 338 seats in the House of Commons now leave it all in the hands of the voters as Canadians across the country head to the pol...
Oct 21, 2019 Voters arrive to cast their ballots at Prince Albert's East Hill Community Hall. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Wagantall looks for re-election in Yorkton-Melville
The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Yorkton-Melville constituency hopes to return to Ottawa.Cathay Wagantall of the Conservative Party said she has been pleased with how her campaign has gone h...
Oct 18, 2019 (submitted photo/Cathay Wagantall campaign)
Advance voting numbers well up for Prince Albert riding
Advance polling numbers are out from Elections Canada and they're up in a big way in our region.In the Prince Albert riding 46 per cent more people than last time voted in advance for a total of 9,586...
Oct 18, 2019 Returning Officer for the Prince Albert riding Barry Hollick points to the large geographical area that he is responsible for. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Advance polls in the region busy in 2019
The numbers are in from Elections Canada, and voting early continues to gain popularity in Saskatchewan.Just over 149,000 people voted in advance polls in this election, up from 91,891 in 2015.That is...
Oct 18, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...
Oct 18, 2019
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike
EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...
Oct 16, 2019
Final debate behind them, federal leaders begin sprints to Oct. 21 voting day
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is leaving Ottawa for the West Coast today, though he's saying goodbye with an exceptionally early morning rally at a downtown food court before he departs. With...
Oct 11, 2019
Party leaders dish baloney in French-language debate
OTTAWA - The six federal party leaders used the last televised debate of the campaign Thursday to make their pitches to voters. Along the way, they each made assertions with varying degrees of accurac...
Oct 11, 2019
Advance polling for election gets underway today
Barry Hollick, a veteran of five previous federal elections for the Prince Albert riding, sits in his Elections Canada office on Central Avenue. He jokes that he's the guy in the back without the wind...
Oct 11, 2019 Returning Officer for the Prince Albert riding Barry Hollick sets the scene for what will be a busy time for his team of hundreds of staff across 152 polling stations. Advanced voting runs Oct.11 through Oct.14 with election day on Oct.21. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)