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OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston defended their respective decisions to not to help Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives during the federal election, arguing that Poilievre’s team had previously pushed them away.
Speaking in Halifax on Wednesday, Houston confirmed
prior reports that he had voluntarily decided to steer clear...
April 30, 2025 - 15:12 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
A bad weather system has arrived in Canada’s Capital, causing on-and-off downpours throughout the afternoon hours. As we head deep into the evening hours, we are expecting more of the same. Doug Gillham, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, tells us what he sees in Hour 4. Plus, it’s time to say goodbye to CTV Ottawa’s Matt Skube, as he prepares for a big move to Toronto. Yes, you have permission to shed some tears. And finally, we deliver the latest breaking news headlines, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 29, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Dating back to 2004, Pierre Poilievre has served the riding of Carleton with pride. That all changed Monday night, as Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy took down the Conservative heavyweight. What election results left your jaw on the floor? What factors, in your mind, fueled Poilievre’s swift downfall? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears to local news, the Ottawa Senators will have to win another must-win game tonight, as Game 5 of the Battle of Ontario moves to Toronto. We pay a visit to Sens Mile with Duong Hoang...
April 29, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada remains Liberal Red for a fourth straight election, swiftly turning the tables on the Tories and nearly securing a small majority. In the coming weeks, they will enter the House of Commons with a new leader and a strong minority, as the Bloc Quebecois plans to support the Mark Carney regime. Well, at least for the time being. We dig deeper into Monday’s results with our Political Heat Panel. Turning our attention to local ridings, one of them has remained Liberal Red for the past 90 years. That would be Ottawa-Vanier, as Mona Fortier secured her fourth term as a Liberal MP....
April 29, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada has decided who will lead their next government, and it’s the Liberals for a fourth straight time. 67 percent of eligible voters made their voices heard between advanced polling and Monday’s last call – that’s more than 19.2 million people. The voter percentage wasn’t even close to what we saw in March of 1958, but it did surpass the 2021 voter turnout by almost 5 percent. And with ballots still being counted today, those stats could soon increase. Meantime, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have lost their respective...
April 29, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
OTTAWA — While Conservatives weren’t quite able to beat the Liberals in Monday’s federal election, they can take some solace in the fact that grade school students brought it home for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the 2025 Student Vote.
The students’ votes led to a Conservative minority government, with Pierre Poilievre’s party earning a hypothetical 165 seats from 36.4 per cent of the vote. This is a major jump from the 2021 Student Vote results, where the Conservatives placed third. The Liberals earned the second most seats among students this time around, securing 145....
April 29, 2025 - 16:58 | National Post | National Post
