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Trudeau focuses message in last weekend ahead of election

Trudeau focuses message in last weekend ahead of election

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 17, 2015 at 7:33 pm 0 comments

HALIFAX — The platform is out and the promises made, so Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is turning his attention to getting voters to the ballot box on Monday. He also warned Canadians about potential last-minute shenanigans by his main rival: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. During a raucous campaign rally SaturdayRead More

Harper embarks on cross-country campaign tour in final bid to voters

Harper embarks on cross-country campaign tour in final bid to voters

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm 0 comments

FREDERICTON — Stephen Harper began his final cross-country campaign trek in the province his family first called home more than 200 years ago, and now hits the road to eventually end up in his political home on Monday. New Brunswick is where Harper’s ancestors first settled upon arriving in CanadaRead More

Polls show Liberals enjoy lead just days before election

Polls show Liberals enjoy lead just days before election

Canada October 16, 2015 at 9:18 pm 0 comments

Toronto: With just two days to go before Canadians cast their ballots, two new polls show the Liberals with a lead over both the Conservatives and the NDP. According to a Forum Research Poll released Friday, the Liberals stand at 37 per cent support, compared with 31 per cent supportRead More

Trudeau continues to face questions about ex-campaign co-chair

Trudeau continues to face questions about ex-campaign co-chair

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 16, 2015 at 9:17 pm 0 comments

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Headwinds continued to bear down on Justin Trudeau’s campaign Friday as the controversy surrounding a former member of his inner circle threatened to slow Liberal momentum. The Liberal leader faced more questions about the actions of campaign co-chairman Dan Gagnier, who resigned this week after an emailRead More

Harper: Tension between courts, gov’t part of Canadian system

Harper: Tension between courts, gov’t part of Canadian system

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 16, 2015 at 9:16 pm 0 comments

QUEBEC — For nearly a decade, Stephen Harper’s government has found itself at odds with a judiciary that often strikes down laws and regulations crafted to reflect Conservative ideology and values the party says are shared by most Canadians. And while court decisions have also forced the Conservatives to confrontRead More

Mulcair reminds voters of rail-safety failures in Lac-Megantic

Mulcair reminds voters of rail-safety failures in Lac-Megantic

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 16, 2015 at 9:16 pm 0 comments

LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — The NDP’s Tom Mulcair, hoping to remind voters in Quebec of the Conservative government’s record on protecting public safety, got a first-hand look Friday at a new Lac-Megantic as it rises from the ashes of 2013’s devastating train derailment. With three days left until Monday’s vote, theRead More

Wynne: Conservative candidates using sex-ed curriculum against Grits ‘deplorable’

Wynne: Conservative candidates using sex-ed curriculum against Grits ‘deplorable’

Canada, Latest headlines October 15, 2015 at 7:57 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne is lashing out at federal Conservatives who she says are using Ontario’s new sex-education curriculum to attack Liberal candidates in next Monday’s election. “The Conservative candidates, certainly in some ridings, were trying to use this issue as a wedge, and I think it’s extremely unfortunate,”Read More

Uber partners with Air Miles to give customers loyalty points

Uber partners with Air Miles to give customers loyalty points

Breaking news, Canada October 15, 2015 at 7:57 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ride hailing service Uber is helping passengers make their way into the skies under a new partnership with Air Miles. The mobile app, which has shaken up the taxi industry, is offering riders the option of collecting rewards points with the Canadian loyalty program operator. The points canRead More

Trudeau calls departed campaign co-chair’s actions ‘inappropriate’

Trudeau calls departed campaign co-chair’s actions ‘inappropriate’

Breaking news, Canada October 15, 2015 at 7:56 pm 0 comments

MONTREAL — Justin Trudeau says the actions of his national campaign co-chairman, who gave advice to an oil pipeline company on how to lobby a new government, were inappropriate and he supports his resignation. Dan Gagnier, a member of the Liberal leader’s inner circle, stepped down Wednesday after a reportRead More

Liberal co-chairman Gagnier’s resignation delights NDP

Liberal co-chairman Gagnier’s resignation delights NDP

Breaking news, Canada, Latest headlines October 15, 2015 at 7:56 pm 0 comments

ALMA, Que. — There was genuine glee in Tom Mulcair’s face as he took questions Thursday about what NDP strategists hope will turn into a gift from the electoral gods in Quebec and perhaps the rest of the country. The resignation of Liberal campaign co-chairman Dan Gagnier has given theRead More