2015 Federal Election

• Ottawa Liberal MPP Marie-France Lalonde to seek federal seat in Orléans after Leslie retires

  Lalonde announced her intention to run federally Monday, saying she's giving up thoughts of seeking the leadership of the Ontario Liberals because she wants to focus on her east-Ottawa community.

  Politics

  May 13, 2019
  
• Reality check: Anti-Conservative ads and ‘health-care cuts’

  A recent third-party Ontario election ad circulating on Twitter has sparked outrage in political circles for its claim about supposed federal health-care cuts under ex-prime minister Stephen Harper.

  Politics

  May 7, 2018
  
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• New Canada Service Corps to get $105M until 2021 to boost youth volunteering

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the "design phase" of a new government initiative that will invest $105 million until 2021 in national volunteer organizations to get more youths involved with their communities.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2018
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• Green Party sanctioned over misleading campaign material in Victoria

  The Green Party has had its hands slapped by Canada Elections for distributing a flyer during last fall’s federal election which used polling data which wasn’t supposed to be made public.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2016
• Global News wins 13 RTDNA Network awards

  Global News has been honoured with a total of 13 RTDNA 2015 Network Awards for its television and online news coverage.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2016
• Conservatives get blasted by member for driving away Muslims

  The Conservatives turned a critical lens on themselves Friday in a review of what went wrong during the 2015 election that included a Muslim member of their party breaking down in tears as she characterized their efforts as a disaster.

  Politics

  May 27, 2016
• Non-voters said they didn’t care enough to vote in 2015 federal election: StatsCan

  While voter turnout in the October 2015 federal election rose to its highest level in decades, Canadians cited “not being interested in politics” as the single largest reason for not casting a ballot, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2016
• Wall vows to keep pushing for equalization changes

  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall doesn't see a problem with trying to make equalization part of the 2015 federal election campaign, despite other leaders being loath to talk about it.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2015
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• 4 things you need to know about the 2015 federal election

  Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to ask the Governor General to dissolve parliament and call an election on Sunday, marking the beginning of the longest federal election in over a century.

  Politics

  Jul 30, 2015
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• Why an early election helps Stephen Harper

  While campaigning might not start in earnest until September, the long campaign is likely to help Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party – both in terms of money and strategy.

  Politics

  Jul 30, 2015