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4/25/2011
Mild weather may have been a factor in the strong turnout at advance polls throughout the province. Frank Saulnier , Election Canada's regional media advisor, says the polls were pretty busy on Friday, the first day they were open. He says the numbers dropped somewhat on Saturday, but the showing ...
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4/25/2011
The federal Liberals and New Democrats will be allowed to spend the most during the election campaign. Elections Canada has released the final expenses limits for all 18 registered political parties. Frank Saulnier, Election Canada's regional media advisor says its based on the number of candidates each party fields."If ...
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4/20/2011
A survey of former members of parliament suggests many are disappointed in the way the party system works.
The survey conducted by Samara found MPs of all parties who left office in the last five years had similiar complaints about a lack of input and the embarrassing theatre of politics in the ...
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4/20/2011
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatief is raising some eyebrows with talk of forming a possible coalition with other parties so he can be prime minister.In a recent interview, Ignatief stated that he could defeat a minority Conservative government and make a case to the governor-general that his party could ...
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4/19/2011
Green party leader Elizabeth May is shocked other party leaders seem to be taking the election outcome in Alberta and Calgary in particular for granted by not coming here.
May started the morning with Mayor Naheed Nenshi and told supporters she's also disappointed municipal issues haven't been addressed in this ...
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4/18/2011
By now, you should have received your voter card in the mail. But if not, don't worry--you can still have your say in the federal election. You're still allowed to vote, but you just have to bring documentation to prove you are who you are, and you live where you ...
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4/17/2011
Edmonton's bid for a world's fair was on the mind of federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, during a campaign stop in the Alberta capital Saturday night.
Ignatieff took aim at the governing Tories, saying that the Harper government's decision not to help the city's bid for Expo 2017 was a ...
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4/17/2011
A summary of major promises made to date by the parties in the May 2 federal election campaign: Conservatives _ Allowing families with children under 18 to split up to $50,000 in income to pay less tax, but only once the federal books are balanced _ ...
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4/11/2011
The federal NDP vow to hire more doctors, strengthen public pension, cut small business taxes, cap credit card rates, and bring in new accountability legislation.This is according to the party's election platform, released Sunday.In Alberta's only NDP held riding of Edmonton-Strathcona, incumbent Linda Duncan says cutting corporate tax ...
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4/8/2011
They don't want our ``dirty'' oil, and they want to kill the Canadian-built pipeline that would pump it across their fertile plains.
An outspoken coalition of American mayors is urging Canadian voters to grill federal election candidates on clean-energy alternatives to Alberta's oilsands.
The coalition includes the mayors ...
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