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Mieka West and her family estimate they waited a full three hours to vote in Calgary's municipal election on Monday. New provincial rules required an Elector Register to be filled out for every voter to account for each ballot issued. Rules required new forms to be completed by hand to …

City council hasn't had this many newcomers since the First World War. Two-thirds of councillors are newcomers — most in more than a century Calgary’s next city council will be a patchwork of members from various political parties, independents, and a crop of rookies that will make it the least …

Municipalities are now provincially mandated to create and maintain permanent electors registers, or lists of eligible voters. Municipalities are now mandated to create and maintain permanent electors registers Political scientists — and now, Calgary’s returning officer — say provincial legislation changes are to blame for long lineups and slow processing …

The Canadian consensus that adding more newcomers is generally a positive development is crumbling — and it's largely driven by most Conservative voters moving to a starkly more negative position on the immigration system. Popular support for more immigration has cratered The number of Canadians who say the federal government …

Jyoti Gondek, who defeated 26 challengers in 2021 to become the first female mayor in the city's history, conceded the 2025 mayoral race at a campaign party at the Palomino Smokehouse in Calgary shortly before midnight Monday. Jeromy Farkas and Sonya Sharp neck-and-neck as counting continues Jyoti Gondek, who defeated …

Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to come up with a three-year plan to balance their budgets, and service cuts and bed closures do not appear to be off the table for extreme cases. Service reductions and bed closures will be considered only if lower-risk measures …

In Edmonton, voters will be electing a new mayor out of the 13 candidates running for the position. There are also a total of 81 candidates running for 12 city council seats in each of Edmonton’s municipal wards. Political parties, hand-counted ballots are new factors for this election Albertans from …

In Edmonton, voters will be electing a new mayor out of the 13 candidates running for the position. There are also a total of 81 candidates running for 12 city council seats in each of Edmonton’s municipal wards. Political parties, hand-counted ballots are new factors for this election Albertans from …

Processing times for Canadian immigration applications have reached unprecedented lengths — up to 50 years under some permanent residency programs — stunning applicants and lawyers who say the system has become unviable. Lawyers wonder if 'shocking' data linked to possible plan to erase backlog under Bill C-12 Unprecedented 50-year processing …

Canadian Tire promotes its auto service centres as "Canada's Garage," but a Newfoundland man says his experience is a warning about the risks of trusting that reputation. He says he lost control of his vehicle on the highway after Canadian Tire used plastic zip ties instead of proper metal bolts …