Andrew Weichel

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Petition to remove controversial Conservative candidate reaches 15K signatures

Petition to remove controversial Conservative candidate reaches 15K signatures

A petition for the Conservative Party to remove a controversial candidate from Vancouver Island has reached 15,000 signatures. Aaron Gunn, who is running in the North Island-Powell River riding, has come under fire over social media posts he’s made about residential schools and Canada’s treatment of Indigenous people. That includes a 2020 post in which Gunn wrote, “There was no...

Latest Nanos projections put Liberals in minority territory, but many ridings too close to call

Latest Nanos projections put Liberals in minority territory, but many ridings too close to call

The latest seat projections from Nanos Research have put Mark Carney’s Liberals in minority government territory – down 17 ridings from the previous week. According to the organization, the Liberals would have taken at least 156 seats if the election were held April 6, when the projections were prepared. That’s down from 173 seats in the last projections from March...

Western separation is unlikely, Alberta political scientist says. Here’s what might happen instead

Western separation is unlikely, Alberta political scientist says. Here’s what might happen instead

Not long ago, the 2025 election seemed like Pierre Poilievre’s to lose. That’s made the rapid ascension of Mark Carney’s Liberals in public approval polling a source of some frustration across the Conservative-leaning Prairies – and for the first time in years, the notion of Western separation appears to be gaining significant traction in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. But how...

B.C. NDP poised to win 2024 election, with judicial recounts increasingly likely

B.C. NDP poised to win 2024 election, with judicial recounts increasingly likely

Incumbent B.C. Premier David Eby’s NDP appears poised to win the province’s nail-biting 2024 election – and could potentially retain the party’s majority, by the narrowest of margins. A majority outcome for Eby would require holding onto one key Lower Mainland riding, which flipped from the Conservatives to NDP on Monday during Election’s B.C.’s ongoing final count of absentee ballots...

B.C. candidate apologizes for 'unacceptable' comments about Muslims, Palestinians

B.C. candidate apologizes for 'unacceptable' comments about Muslims, Palestinians

One of the B.C. Conservative candidates running in the province's second-largest city has apologized for "completely unacceptable" comments he made about Muslims and Palestinians.Surrey South candidate Brent Chapman's years-old remarks resurfaced on social media this week, in screenshots shared by CKNW radio host Jas Johal.