Новости за 20.10.2015

Prior to Monday's election, Mayor Don Iveson asked Edmontonians to consider urban issues before casting their ballot. A day after the election Iveson was confident that happened.

Tue, Sep 15 : Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said threats made against her online are not “out of the ordinary” at a press conference Tuesday.

She was the only NDP MP prior to the election and Linda Duncan has retained her seat in Edmonton Strathcona. Political affairs reporter Tom Vernon spoke to her on the NDP’s fairing in this election race.

Despite the majority of Alberta’s seats going Tory blue, it wasn’t a full sweep. After tight races the Liberals won two seats in Calgary, and two in Edmonton. Jessica Kent has the details.

The Westin Harbour Castle hotel in downtown Toronto had to be evacuated following a burst water pipe that caused flooding throughout the building early Tuesday morning.

Justin Trudeau led the Liberal party to a historic victory Monday going from third party to a majority government as they won more than 170 of Canada’s 338 ridings.

It seems somehow fitting that the son of the man who first fired up political passion in Stephen Harper should be the person to usher him out of politics.

The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged strong global action to limit global warming and to protect fragile environments, including the Himalayan glaciers and Tibetan plateau.

The top U.S. military officer landed in Iraq Tuesday to get an update on the battle against Islamic State militants, saying he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into the war-torn country.

A storm has finally blown away from the main northern Philippine island after it left at least 20 dead over the weekend and forced 70,000 villagers in to emergency shelters and destroyed rice farms ready for harvest.

Oscar Pistorius is with members of his family at his uncle's multi-story mansion Tuesday after being released from prison and moved to house arrest a day earlier than expected.

The Liberal juggernaut roared through Canada's largest province Monday night, rolling over Conservative cabinet ministers and NDP incumbents alike and increasing the number of the party's seats in Ontario more than six-fold.

The map of election winners in British Columbia mirrored the political spectrum after Monday's election — NDP on the left, Conservatives on the right and Liberals down the middle.

Elections Canada has released preliminary voter turnout numbers in B.C., showing 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot Monday.

Watch all the lows and highs from a historic night in Canadian politics as Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party road a wave of support across the country to a majority government.

Calgary Centre was designated a "riding to watch" with a tight race expected between Conservative MP Joan Crockatt and Liberal Kent Hehr on the heels of the 2015 provincial NDP victory in the area, and it did not disappoint.

Mon, Oct 19: Global’s Quinn Ohler and Paul Haysom wrap up the federal election from Edmonton.

With all 207 polls reporting, Boissonnault appeared to have won by 1,201 votes.

Amarjeet Sohi won the seat in the riding of Edmonton Mill Woods for the Liberal Party.

Mon, Oct 19: While the rest of the country ushered in a change, Alberta remained mostly tory blue after the 2015 federal election. Global’s Gary Bobrovitz reports.

Mon, Oct 19: Calgary Liberals are celebrating tonight as they have made a breakthrough in Calgary for the first time in 47-years. Global’s Jayme Doll reports.

BOGOTA – Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana is calling for a thorough investigation into what led to the crash of small plane minutes before it was scheduled to transport him to a campaign rally. The twin-engine Beechcraft hurled into a crowded Bogota neighbourhood Sunday shortly after takeoff from the capital’s airport. Six people were killed...

Voters hoping to cast a ballot at the Siksika First Nation southeast of Calgary were surprised to find there were none left.

Here is a list of the candidates elected in B.C. in the 2015 Federal Election.

An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.