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The Latest: Election night in Canada

OTTAWA - The latest developments on federal election night, Oct. 21, 2019. All times are Eastern Time: 1:45 a.m. Green Leader Elizabeth May says her party will go to Parliament to ensure the Liberal m...

Oct 23, 2019

Independent Sen. Andre Pratte announces resignation on election night

OTTAWA - Andre Pratte announced his resignation from the Senate on Monday night, just as the federal election results were rolling in. The Independent senator from Quebec posted his resignation letter...

Oct 23, 2019

B.C. Indigenous rights law aims to make First Nations full participants

VICTORIA - British Columbia is set to become the first province to introduce human rights legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which would manda...

Oct 23, 2019

Liberals return with minority government in Election 2019

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has emerged from a bruising 40-day election campaign with his image tarnished and his grip on power weakened, needing the support of at least one party to mainta...

Oct 23, 2019

Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms

EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....

Oct 23, 2019

Calgary man found guilty in grandson's death appeals manslaughter conviction

CALGARY - A Calgary man found guilty in the death of his five-year-old grandson is appealing his manslaughter conviction. A notice of appeal filed today on behalf of Allan Perdomo Lopez says he a...

Oct 23, 2019

A by-the-numbers look at the 2019 federal election

OTTAWA - Monday's federal election by the numbers, according to Elections Canada: 17,890,264: Number of Canadians who cast a ballot 4,774,963: Voters who cast a ballot in advance polls, or about 26.5 ...

Oct 23, 2019

May sees room for consensus on climate action, pharmacare in new Parliament

OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cellphone rates make thei...

Oct 23, 2019

'This isn't about me:' Rookie Nunavut MP wants focus on problems of the North

Few newly elected members of Parliament get to enjoy a parade in their honour after an election victory. But to Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, the freshly minted 25-year-old NDP MP from Nunavut, the line of trucks ...

Oct 23, 2019

Quebec premier hopes U.S. lawsuit doesn't force California out of joint carbon market

MONTREAL - Quebec says it will go it alone if California is forced out of their current partnership aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Francois Legault was reacting today to...

Oct 23, 2019