Some Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick voters have received robocalls incorrectly saying they can cast a ballot on days other than election day. Elections Canada confirmed reports of calls to HuffPost Canada, but also said that there is no indication they are widespread. It stressed that Monday is the last day to vote in […]
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written to the government’s top bureaucrat to ask him to keep a list of any requests he gets to delete records — suggesting that a defeated Liberal government might illegally try to destroy documents related to the SNC-Lavalin affair. Scheer is reminding the clerk of the Privy […]
Whole Foods is the latest grocery chain affected by a recall of hundreds of beef and veal products across Canada due to possible E. coli contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added more than 50 beef products sold at the chain to the list of 800-plus recalled items. Potentially contaminated products were also sold […]
VICTORIA — It was supposed to be the election that changed everything. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May called it “the campaign of our lives” and a referendum on climate change. “We are going to win a lot of seats,” she said in one interview. In the end, they won just three. May kept her stronghold […]
In what can be described as a 41-day job interview filled promises, debates, rallies and photo-ops, federal party leaders have made their pitch on why their party should lead the country. Now Canadians have cast their votes to decide who’s the right person for the gig. HuffPost Canada’s election team is covering the results live tonight from […]
TORONTO — A member of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government says she has been facing a year of “tremendous personal struggle” and is seeking help to start a “fresh life.” Amy Fee, parliamentary assistant in the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services as well as deputy government house leader, issued a statement late Friday evening saying […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued her tour of Alberta’s oilsands region on Saturday, an Indigenous group says, conducting interviews that the group says will be part of an upcoming BBC documentary. The Mikisew Cree First Nation says in a news release that Thunberg spent the day on the shores of […]
MONTREAL — Mac the Moose can rest easy — a Quebec town that wants to build its own massive moose statue next year says it doesn’t want to challenge the record for the world’s tallest, recently regained by the famed Moose Jaw, Sask., roadside attraction. Nicolas Martel, the mayor of Desbiens, Que., told The Canadian […]
The Manchester United manager resisted the temptation to make a change during his side’s defeat to the Italian champions, and has now revealed why Jose Mourinho has explained the lack of substitutions during Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday. Paulo Dybala’s first-half goal gave Juve a vital victory at Old […]
Markus Babbel saw red after Western Sydney Wanderers’ bid to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Sydney FC fell foul of a contentious VAR call. Sydney FC claimed a 2-0 derby victory over Western Sydney Wanderers but the A-League was afflicted by its latest VAR controversy. Adam Le Fondre beat Vedran Janjetovic at the second attempt […]