Federal Politics

Alberta issues become wedge issues in 2019 federal election campaign

EDMONTON - In the riding of Edmonton Millwoods, Amarjeet Sohi goes door-to-door explaining how his Liberal party is re-energizing Alberta's bedrock oil industry. Meanwhile, rival Conservative candidat...

Oct 02, 2019

Liberal government runs $1.6B deficit four months into '19-20 on higher spending

OTTAWA - Preliminary numbers show the federal government posted a deficit of $1.6 billion over the first four months of the current fiscal year as program spending increased $9.1 billion - 9...

Sep 27, 2019

Scheer promises Conservative government would launch inquiry into SNC-Lavalin

MONTREAL - Andrew Scheer is promising a Conservative government would launch a judicial inquiry to find out what happened during the SNC-Lavalin affair. Scheer made the pledge during a visit to J...

Sep 26, 2019

B.C. gets injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law

CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces. Justice Sebastien Gram...

Sep 24, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY FILE

Twitter says Canadian election so far free of major manipulation attempts

OTTAWA - Twitter is giving Canada's federal election the all-clear so far.Despite vigorous activity on the site, including "politically polarizing" conversations on an international scale, the company...

Sep 24, 2019

Lots of voting options in federal election

Medicine Hat, AB - No longer are voters in federal elections confined to voting on polling day or through absentee ballots. Constituents are free to vote right now, even for candidates who haven't bee...

Sep 23, 2019 closeup of an Elections Canada ballot - Dreamstime Stock image

Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos

Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackface.Several federal elec...

Sep 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Grits' campaign promise misses target says local gun range owner

Dunmore, AB - The owner of a local gun range says the Liberal campaign pledge to tackle gun crime is way off the mark, adding the target should be illegal firearms."I don't think it's going to do anyt...

Sep 20, 2019

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...

Sep 20, 2019

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 campaign on Sept. 11. Liberals Sept. 18: Increase o...

Sep 19, 2019