Federal Election 2019 Archive

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made a Victoria-specific campaign pledge to increase help to first-time homebuyers on Thursday, the second day of the federal election campaign.

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer sauntered through the campaign starting gate Wednesday with a clear plan to make this election about your finances and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s ethics.

LONDON, Ont. — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh began his party’s official election campaign in southern Ontario on Wednesday with a promise to make life more affordable for Canadians by taking on big business and the super wealthy.

Parties differ on refugees, recruitment of skilled workers

The voice on the phone sounded panicked. “You must have left the front door unlocked,” she said. “Somebody has been in the house.” “Oh no,” I replied. “Did they leave zucchini?” “Worse,” she said. “Election campaign literature.” My heart sank.

VANCOUVER — Kennedy Stewart will be the next mayor of Vancouver, after winning a nail-biter of a race.

For the most part, Saturday’s municipal elections were good news for incumbent mayors in cities around B.C. Incumbents were re-elected in Kelowna, Prince George, Williams Lake and Kamloops.

Incumbent Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps hung onto her job Saturday as the opposition vote split between challengers Stephen Hammond, Michael Geoghagen and Bruce McGuigan. Helps had 42.6 per cent of the vote versus Hammond’s 29.

It was a night of upsets in Capital Regional District civic elections Saturday as four mayors went down to defeat in Sidney, Oak Bay, Saanich and Colwood. But, at the end of the evening, Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps was still standing.

Former teacher and one-term Saanich councillor Fred Haynes has scooped the mayor’s office from Richard Atwell. “It’s going to be the most amazing council and I’m looking so forward to being a part of it,” Haynes said Saturday evening.