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The Conservative party uses ranked ballots for leadership races. Here's how it works.
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada will announce the winner of its leadership race at an event in Ottawa on Saturday night. The party said it would be counting nearly 418,000 ballots out of som...
Sep 10, 2022
Canadian men start hot then hang on to beat Wales at Rugby World Cup Sevens
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - After falling to Uruguay earlier in the day, the Canadian men survived a 19-point Welsh comeback in the second half to win 33-19 in consolation play at the Rugby World Cup Se...
Sep 10, 2022
Quebec election: François Legault promises to balance Quebec budget in five years
SAINT-JRME, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is promising to balance Quebec's budget in five years if his party is re-elected on Oct. 3. Legault told reporters in Saint-Jrme, Que.,...
Sep 10, 2022
Evenepoel set to win Spanish Vuelta after protecting lead
PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain - (AP) - Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week r...
Sep 10, 2022
Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter offensive has made significant advances...
Sep 10, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Get rid of the monarchy? We may as well get rid of hockey
'I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.' - Princess Elizabeth, Ap...
Sep 10, 2022
Quebec election: Two new parties trying to spoil Liberals' chances with anglophones
MONTREAL - As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct. 3 election, a pair of newcomers are trying to capitalize on issues like language and minority rights to steal votes in heav...
Sep 10, 2022
The Conservative leadership contest ends tonight and it's Pierre Poilievre's to lose
OTTAWA - It's finally here. The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its next leader in Ottawa tonight, after candidates and supporters spent the past seven months on its third leadership contes...
Sep 10, 2022
Low spirits over high tea in Victoria, B.C., as Empress patrons mourn the Queen
VICTORIA - Afternoon sunshine streams into the Fairmont Empress Hotel's iconic high tea room in Victoria, British Columbia, but cannot lift the sombre mood brought on by the death of Queen Elizabeth I...
Sep 10, 2022
Voters go to polls for byelection in B.C. riding of Surrey South
SURREY, B.C. - Voters in the British Columbia riding of Surrey South go to the polls today to replace a longtime Liberal Party member of the legislature. Stephanie Cadieux, a former Liberal government...
Sep 10, 2022
