In the eleventh hour of this council term, St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe has pushed forward a major initiative connected to the former General Motors (GM) lands that provides financial incentives for remediation and redevelopment.   Using the mayor’s own figures, it’s a plan that could cost residents hundreds of millions of dollars and will leave […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Just a few months ago, Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi faced smear campaigns in the pro-government media and accusations by top officials of spying for Ukraine. When the government filed a criminal complaint against him for espionage, he faced the prospect of years in prison, and left for Poland. Now, following […]

SOUTH BRUCE- Residents will begin voting in the 2026 municipal and school board election on Oct. 19, with ballots available online or by telephone until 8 p.m. on Oct. 26. Advance voting will open at 10 a.m. Oct. 19 and remain open until voting closes on Election Day. Voter Assistance Centres will be available in […]

An online user claimed on social media that Alberta residents who are not Canadian citizens can falsely declare their citizenship at polling stations and vote in the Oct. 19 referendum. The user questioned Elections Alberta’s verification process and raised the spectre of a surge of ineligible voters changing the outcome of an election. Elections Alberta […]

Four mayoral candidates debated road repairs, economic development, municipal finances, transparency, and the future of local cultural and recreational facilities during a debate attended by a full house on Thursday, October 15, at La Cité Golf Club in Hawkesbury. Gilles Roch Greffe, Denis Pirollo, Johanna Raso, and Julie Séguin participated in the debate, organized by […]

Aurora’s Mayoral race has been an opportunity for candidates to present different and sometimes competing visions for the community’s future. One area in which the four candidates have found common ground, however, is the future of data centres within the community. Candidates were asked to share their views on AI data centres at an all-candidates […]

With the municipal election fast approaching, Callander residents can meet their council candidates today, Wednesday, October 14, at the Callander Community Centre. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and is hosted by the Nipissing Political Science Society along with the Callander Public Library Board. Five candidates are running for a seat on council, […]

An Alberta judge has rejected a court challenge to new rules mandating that provincial political parties receive only bare bones information about voters. The Opposition NDP challenged the rules in court after they were implemented last month by Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government. However, Court of King’s Bench Justice John Gill said in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections. Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day. Department of Homeland Security officials say they don’t plan to send immigration enforcement officers en masse to patrol the polls and dismissed concerns that […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s campaign to root out noncitizen voting is demonstrating what critics of President Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories have long argued — that it’s incredibly rare, difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of elections. The administration has dedicated enormous resources to what election experts […]

Quebec’s election oversight body received an influx of complaints after it announced that it was sending unilingual French information guides to all voters ahead of the Oct. 5 elections. Documents released through access to information legislation reveal Élections Québec received 160 complaints over five days after the agency announced the change on its website on […]