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Canada Post workers have gone on strike in the midst of municipal and provincial elections, leaving officials racing to find contingency plans for mail-in ballots.

Canada's chief electoral officer says overall voter turnout in the spring election was 69 per cent, higher than 2021, and that advance voter turnout hit an all-time high.

Steven MacKinnon made the comments as opposition parties have been laying out their demands for the upcoming federal budget, as well as their various red lines for supporting it.

The federal election security task force said the attempts did not affect the outcome or rise to the level of requiring a public warning during the campaign.

Elections Canada said more than 14,000 people voted in advance polls for the federal byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is running.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced workers would neither process nor deliver unaddressed mail, which is impacting thousands of flyers from local election campaigns.

The Liberal MP's lawyer told a hearing in that ordering a new election would effectively deny the right to vote to the more than 60,000 who cast ballots in the Terrebonne riding.

A three-day hearing began Monday in St-Jérôme, Que., where Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné is challenging the outcome of the April 28 election in the riding of Terrebonne.

"To cancel the election is to deny the right to vote that was expressed by these 61,115 people," the lawyer for the Quebec Liberal MP said in Superior Court.

The protest group known as the Longest Ballot Committee appeared in the House of Commons Tuesday and were asked about the group's effectiveness.

Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson has announced she is joining the race to be the new leader of the federal New Democratic Party.

As thousands flood into the Everything Electric Vancouver expo at the Convention Centre, Canada’s prime minister delivered a dose of reality from Ottawa.

The Trump administration is pushing the UN Security Council to replace a Kenya-led police mission in Haiti with a much larger and better-funded gang suppression force.

China hit Canadian canola seed with a 75.8 per cent tariff. The duty is seen as a response to Canada's 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.

Freeland, one of the most staunch supporters of Ukraine in the federal government, has been a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Canada drops select retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, aiming to align with CUSMA exemptions and improve conditions ahead of upcoming continental trade talks.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Canadians expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get some results from his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The city announced Thursday that it's making another notable change to the transit experience by launching its first 60-foot, zero-emission bus into service next week. 

Pierre Poilievre faces a key test Monday in Alberta's Battle River Crowfoot byelection, expected to win the Tory stronghold but watched closely for his vote margin.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she is seeking a balance between alleviating economic stress and pursuing Ottawa's security and human rights priorities.