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COVID-19 pandemic dampens but doesn't extinguish election-watching parties
OTTAWA - Monday's federal election put a damper on a traditional form of watching the returns with the COVID-19 pandemic limiting the number of viewing parties across the country. Large indoor gatherings were for the most part either less appealing, or off-limits, due to the virus and the higher-than-average number of ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Early election results have Liberals leading, Bloc slipping in Quebec
MONTREAL - Early election results have the Liberals leading in Quebec after a race dominated by frequent appeals to Quebec nationalism. Shortly after 11 p.m., about 90 minutes after polls closed, the Liberals were elected or leading in 36 ridings in the province, while the Bloc was elected or leading in 29. The Liberal...
Sep 21, 2021
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Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada looking for electoral breakthrough
The People's Party of Canada, led by the outspoken Maxime Bernier, is looking to turn growing support into ballot-box success this evening. Opinion polls have consistently shown party support hovering at five per cent or higher during the federal campaign, even though Bernier was excluded from national leaders' debates...
Sep 21, 2021
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Ballot count underway across the country as federal election polls close in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Polls have closed in British Columbia and Yukon, marking the end of voting across the country. Yukon's chief medical health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley is on leave to run for the Liberals to replace Larry Bagnell, who spent two decades as the territory's Liberal MP. While many ridings in B.C. have remained c...
Sep 21, 2021
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Conservatives make inroads in Atlantic Canada, but Liberal fortress remains strong
HALIFAX - Voters in Atlantic Canada loosened Justin Trudeau's grip on the region Monday by delivering a handful of new seats to the Conservatives, signalling a mild rebuke of the Liberal leader's decision to call an election during the pandemic's fourth wave. In the six years since Trudeau won a majority government in ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Trudeau's political future hangs in the balance as Atlantic results show tenuous lead
MONTREAL - Thirty-six days after his fateful decision to trigger a federal election, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau saw some early warning signs Monday night as results began to roll in for Canada's 44th election. He lost a cabinet minister in Bernadette Jordan after the Liberal-held South Shore-St. Margarets riding in ...
Sep 21, 2021
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