‘I’m right here, bro’: Singh, Poilievre have tense exchange during question period

‘I’m right here, bro’: Singh, Poilievre have tense exchange during question period

Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader. Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a … Read more

The Liberals can’t win a general election if they keep losing safe seats

The Liberals can’t win a general election if they keep losing safe seats

In the summer of 1978, against his top political strategist’s advice, Pierre Trudeau called a full slate of byelections to fill 15 vacancies in the House of Commons, including seven seats the Liberals had won in the previous election. As recounted in John English’s Just Watch Me, the Liberal Party’s own pollster said the governing … Read more

How to watch CBC’s coverage of Monday’s byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg

How to watch CBC’s coverage of Monday’s byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg

Voters head to the polls in federal byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg on Monday. The former will serve as a test of the Trudeau government’s popularity, while the latter is shaping into a tight race between the Conservatives and New Democrats. CBC’s online special “Canada Votes: Byelection night” will stream live starting at 9 p.m. ET on … Read more

Canada has ‘serious concerns’ about Venezuelan election results, Freeland says

Canada has ‘serious concerns’ about Venezuelan election results, Freeland says

Canada’s deputy prime minister is echoing comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying Canada has “serious concerns” about the official results of the election in Venezuela. Speaking in Toronto, Chrystia Freeland said the government is in conversation with its allies over the results amid claims from Venezuelans that the vote was rigged. “Canada has … Read more

Seriously? Audiences miffed as The Bear enters Emmys as a comedy

Seriously? Audiences miffed as The Bear enters Emmys as a comedy

Most critics agree The Bear is worthy of award nominations, but the popular TV show’s placement in the comedy category at the upcoming Emmy Awards has viewers scratching their heads. The second season of the FX series, which follows a young chef who inherits his family’s sandwich shop after the suicide of his older brother, got … Read more

Former Liberal MP considering leadership run in the wake of party’s byelection defeat

Former Liberal MP considering leadership run in the wake of party’s byelection defeat

Only a day after Conservatives won a federal byelection in the longtime Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul’s, ending a race that was largely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership at the head of the governing party, a new potential contender says he is considering a bid to replace him.  Former Liberal … Read more

SP, Cong more concerned about their vote bank than Kumbh: Modi

SP, Cong more concerned about their vote bank than Kumbh: Modi

Prayagraj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, May 21, called the opposition Congress and the Samajwadi Party “anti-development” and said both parties have competed in the appeasement of their vote banks. “What used to happen (at Kumbh) during the time of SP-Congress? There used to be stampedes. People used to die… The SP-Congress were more … Read more

Switzerland’s Nemo wins Eurovision contest beset by protests, backstage chaos and Dutch expulsion

Switzerland’s Nemo wins Eurovision contest beset by protests, backstage chaos and Dutch expulsion

Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with The Code, an operatic ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing their non-binary identity. Nemo — the first non-binary contestant to win the competition and the latest to win for Switzerland since Céline Dion in 1988 — beat Croatia’s Baby Lasagna to the title by winning the … Read more

Why the Conservatives and NDP are headed for a clash over Canada’s working-class votes

Why the Conservatives and NDP are headed for a clash over Canada’s working-class votes

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s path to power may be by prosecuting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s past eight years in government, but his road to victory is painted NDP orange. Appealing to working-class voters in rural and northern ridings — like those held by New Democrats across British Columbia and Liberals in northern Ontario — is … Read more

Monday Okpebholo emerges APC candidate for governorship election

Monday Okpebholo emerges APC candidate for governorship election

Monday Okpebholo, representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 21 September governorship election in Edo State Gov Bassey Otu of Cross River, who is the chairperson of the APC supplementary primary election, declared Mr Okpebholo the winner of the election on Friday … Read more