National News

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 27, 2020 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

EDMONTON — Monday's re-election of another incumbent premier in Canada's third recent provincial election shows Canadians don't want to "rock the boat" during a global pandemic, say political experts.

MONTREAL — The idea is simple, says Jennifer Brazeau, executive director of the Native Friendship Centre in Quebec’s Lanaudiere region: provide “a culturally secure space” where Indigenous people can get health care without feeling afraid.

SASKATOON — The latest developments in the Saskatchewan election. All times CT: 12:10 a.m. It's possible Scott Moe will get all of his cabinet members back. Only Advanced Education Minister Tina Beaudry-Mellor is in jeopardy.

EDMONTON — Monday's re-election of another incumbent premier in Canada's third recent provincial election shows Canadians don't want to "rock the boat" during a global pandemic, say political experts.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals saw their share of the vote drop in two Toronto byelections Monday, a humbling result for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the first electoral test of his government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

REGINA — A look at Scott Moe, leader of the Saskatchewan Party: Born: July 31, 1973, in Prince Albert, Sask. Early years: Raised as the oldest in a family of five on a grain farm near Shellbrook, Sask.

Some leaders have a reputation for political strategy, others for charisma. Scott Moe may be best known for being ordinary.

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has held onto his seat of Rosthern-Shellbrook in the provincial election. Moe, who is 47, was first elected to the rural constituency in the 2011 vote and won again in 2016.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Liberal party should view the election results as a wake-up call from voters who punished the free-enterprise coalition for refusing to renew itself in changing times, say former and current members of the legislature.