After a five-week sprint campaign, more than 19.5 million Canadians cast their ballots in the 2025 federal election, ultimately choosing to elect a Liberal minority government led by Mark Carney. But how does Parliament work when there’s a minority government, and what comes next for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the NDP? Here’s what you’ve…
Rick Tocchet will not return as the Vancouver Canucks head coach next season. The NHL team announced the news on Tuesday, saying Tocchet has chosen to step away after discussions with the team and management. “I’m choosing to move on from the Vancouver Canucks,” Tocchet said in a statement released by the team. “Family is…
The Philippine-Canadian Centre of Manitoba is held a vigil Tuesday honouring the victims of Saturday’s tragedy in Vancouver, in which a man drove into a crowd with an SUV, killing 11 people. It’s one of many ways Manitoba’s Filipino community has supported each other since the events at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in…
Once again, a federal election call was made well before western votes had a chance to be considered, leaving some voters feeling disenfranchised, as if their votes don’t matter. On Monday night, at about 7:15 p.m. PT, media outlets, including CBC News, projected the Liberals would form the next government. That was 15 minutes after…
Canadian figure skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry is starting a new chapter on the ice alongside 30-year-old Olympic and world ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron. After more than a decade of competing, the 32-year-old isn’t quite ready to hang up her skates. So, she’s teamed up with Cizeron for another go on the ice. The pair trains…
A business owner in Lethbridge is calling on the southern Alberta community to show their support for a young girl awaiting open heart surgery. When Wax Me Ltd. owner Linda Nowak was purchasing pet food at Feed Sam, a locally owned pet food store on the city’s north side, she noticed the store was selling…
Alex Deslauriers and Melanie Bitner’s home was one of 56 properties destroyed by the Downton Lake wildfire two years ago. A fire tornado — a combination of extreme fire intensity, lower humidity and a low dew point — swept through the community of Gun Lake, about 61 kilometres north of Pemberton, B.C., in August 2023,…
Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant remained undefeated with an 8-6 win over Sweden at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Sunday in Fredericton. Canada (3-0) fell into an early 3-0 deficit after the first end but quickly trimmed it by scoring two in the second. The Swedish team of Anna Hasselborg and Oskar…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brayden Schenn, Tyler Tucker and Justin Faulk each scored second period goals to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on Sunday to tie their playoff series at 2-all after dropping the first two games in Winnipeg. Robert Thomas and Jake Neighbours also scored, and Jordan Binnington…
As reports emerge of a tightening race in Pierre Poilievre’s Ottawa-area riding, Liberal and Conservative supporters are confident of their respective candidate’s chances of winning. Supporters of the Liberals’ Bruce Fanjoy believe they have a chance of unseating the Conservative leader in Carleton, which Poilievre has held since 2004. Meanwhile, Poilievre’s supporters say they’re confident he’ll keep the seat. Still,…
