Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA — If this Canadian election is the most important in a generation, why do the two main parties seem to be running less public — or at least lower profile — campaigns?
Or, as some party officials insist, is it just that shaking hands, kissing babies, countless campaign stops and the other greatest hits from the past are no longer the smartest strategies?
With just a few days to go before Canadians head to the polls, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre seem to be less focused on staying in the public’s eye, at least in comparison with previous...
April 26, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
DELTA, B.C. — First-time Conservative candidate Jessy Sahota hopes to punch his ticket to the notoriously quarrelsome House of Commons in next Monday’s election, but he could easily have ended up in a much different arena of combat.
Sahota, a standout amateur heavyweight wrestler, was in Orlando, Fla., for a tryout with NXT, the developmental brand of pro wrestling juggernaut WWE, in March 2020, just as COVID-19 triggered global lockdowns.
“We’d just made it to NXT’s performance centre when management told us we had to leave because they needed the space for the main roster,” recalls...
April 22, 2025 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
WHITBY, ONT. — On
this week’s Ivison video
, regular guest Eugene Lang referred to “the trifecta — or what Van Morrison
would call The Great...
April 19, 2025 - 12:57 | John Ivison | National Post
OTTAWA — A Mark Carney-led government will spend $130 billion on new measures over the next four years, with no timeline to balance the federal budget, according to the costed Liberal platform released on Saturday.
Carney said at a Saturday morning announcement in Whitby, Ont., that keeping the spending taps open was part of standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
“It’s said there are no atheists in foxholes, there should be no libertarians in a crisis,” said Carney.
“In a crisis… the private sector retreats and government needs to step up.”
Big-ticket items include $18...
April 19, 2025 - 09:51 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
OTTAWA
— If you live in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, chances are that Greg Kung has knocked on your door.
The 37-year-old has been campaigning since February 2024, after winning the nomination to become the Conservative party’s candidate in the Liberal-held riding, one of many in and around Ottawa.
“I hate talking about numbers,” Kung says, when asked how many doors he has knocked.
“Probably by this weekend, I’ll have hit 22,000...
April 19, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
OTTAWA — In a surprise move, the Leaders’ Debates Commission abruptly cancelled the media availabilities that were set to happen with each leader after
the English-language debate.
The decision was officially announced after the debate by the commission’s executive director, Michel Cormier, after an earlier verbal altercation between employees of some right-wing media outlets and some journalists who were present to cover Thursday evening...
April 17, 2025 - 22:14 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
