B.C. mayor says 20 additional RCMP officers to support anti-extortion operations

Conservative Party members from across the country are gathering today in downtown Calgary for the federal party’s convention, set to run through the weekend. They’ll cast non-binding votes on a variety of policies and conduct a mandatory leadership review. But their real task will be to demonstrate that the party is both unified and gaining momentum, even after a federal campaign this past April in which the Conservatives lost their grip on a twenty-four-point lead, and party leader Pierre Poilievre lost his own riding, allowing the Liberals to stay in power with a minority government....