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Saskatchewan voters go to the polls on election day as parties vie for power
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan residents are casting votes in Monday’s provincial election after a four-week campaign that appeared to tighten the gap between the two major political parties. Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years in office, while Carla Beck’s NDP is looking to take back government for the first time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. election: NDP cuts margin in key riding to nine votes as absentee count goes on
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
VICTORIA – An ongoing count of absentee ballots in British Columbia’s election has seen the NDP cut the B.C. Conservatives’ lead in a key riding to just nine votes. If the NDP wins Surrey-Guildford and holds onto other leads, it will be elected or leading in 47 seats, which is the threshold for a majority ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in federal public service heads to Federal Court
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – A Federal Court hearing is underway today to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against Canada for discrimination. The certification hearing began this morning in Toronto and could last up to 12 days. The class-action is made up of some 45,000 Black workers and applicants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois wants robots, automation to replace temporary immigrants
By The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Parti Québécois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace temporary workers as part of a detailed proposal to cut immigration to Quebec. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says it’s a lie that immigration can fix labour shortages, adding that Quebec should instead follow the lead of countries like Japan and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Former senator Mobina Jaffer says she was told by the Sudanese intelligence director that he felt Canadian officials had asked him to detain Montreal man Abousfian Abdelrazik. Jaffer, who retired from the Senate earlier this year, testified today in Federal Court in Abdelrazik’s lawsuit against Ottawa over his detention and alleged torture in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders’ debates
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility
By The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with detainees. Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant confirmed to Radio-Canada today that he’d asked Catherine Lemay to resign and she had done so. Her departure comes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same. Poilievre makes the case for the cut in a six-minute video published online today, arguing governments are partly to blame ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: It’s election day for Saskatchewan residents
By The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… It’s election day for Saskatchewan residents Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today’s election as they decide who will form the next provincial government. Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Absentee ballot count could settle B.C.’s election, nine days after vote
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s election could finally be decided today with the counting of absentee ballots, after recounts and a tally of mail-in votes failed to settle the contest on the weekend. Neither Premier David Eby’s New Democrats nor John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives emerged from the weekend with the magic number of 47 seats required ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan residents go to polls on election day as parties vie for power
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today’s election as they decide who will form the next provincial government. Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years in office, while Carla Beck’s NDP is looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. Political experts say ... Read More »
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