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Read more about what this means Things to do in Toronto this week include a huge festival featuring over 100 musicians and comedians, the 110th OCAD University GradEx and an all-you-can-drink wine festival The city's social calendar is finally starting to pick up after a long, dark winter, so there's no shortage of ways to spend your time this week, including visiting the much-anticipated Toronto Flower Market or a massive outdoor market in honour of Asian Heritage Month To view the full listings or find out even more things happening in Toronto this week, be sure to visit our events page Here's our round-up of things to do in Toronto this week The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features eight teams in four best-of-7 series NHL.com previews the Eastern Conference Second Round between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers occupied first place in the Atlantic Division for 174 of 178 game days during the 2024-25 season so it stands to reason that the two teams would be facing off in the Eastern Conference Second Round After the Panthers dispatched the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games and the Maple Leafs outlasted the Ottawa Senators in the first round the two teams will match up in the second round for the second time in three years a five-game victory for the Panthers as they made it to their first of two consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances “I feel excited, definitely,” Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky said it’s probably one of the best atmospheres to play in It’s going to be a good challenge for us and all of us are excited.” The Maple Leafs come in with some high-powered offense though the Panthers have the defense to match it They limited the Lightning to 12 goals in five games including going 2-for-18 on the power play It will be up to Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares to find ways to solve the pressure and aggressiveness of the Florida defense “It’s going to be another tough series,” Matthews said We’ve got to reset and do our homework and rest up go in there with confidence and go in there with pushback.” Maple Leafs as Round 2 action begins tonight on ESPN The Maple Leafs won the first three games of their series against the Senators before dropping two potential elimination games to them before emerging with the victory in Game 6 The Panthers had an easier-than-expected series against the Lightning, winning in five games, even though they were missing defenseman Aaron Ekblad for three of the games (all wins). They will be without Ekblad again in Game 1, after he was suspended for two games for elbowing Brandon Hagel in Game 4 against the Lightning One area the Panthers are confident that they have an edge is in experience It’s not surprising after they have been to the Cup Final in each of the past two seasons; the Maple Leafs have not been past the second round since 2002 “Experience is the one aspect of it – we have a lot of guys who went through those series and that year and last year and now this year,” Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said “We have a lot more experience playing in the playoffs They’ve been playing really well this year All we can do is just concentrate on ourselves and our game and our game plan and go and do it.” Maple Leafs: There are many choices on the stacked offense of the Maple Leafs but Nylander was the team’s leading scorer in the first round against the Ottawa Senators as witnessed in the two goals and assist he had in the deciding Game 6 For the Maple Leafs to get past the punishing Panthers they will need everything that Nylander can give them Gm6: Nylander blasts it in to extend the lead Panthers: Matthew Tkachuk is the ultimate game-breaker and the ultimate game-breaker in the playoffs He kicked off the first-round series against the Lightning by scoring two goals in his first game back after missing the final 25 games of the regular season and the Panthers have increased his minutes in each game since then the type of player seemingly always able to get a crucial goal or throw a big-time hit and one with few equals in the NHL right now The biggest question with Tkachuk is whether he’s finally back to full health two assists) in five games against the Lightning he didn’t seem to be moving quite like himself A short series against Tampa Bay may help him as Florida moves into the next round Maple Leafs: During the regular season, the Maple Leafs split their starts fairly evenly, with Joseph Woll getting 41 starts and Anthony Stolarz getting 33 the Maple Leafs have narrowed their starter to one with Stolarz getting all six starts in the postseason including Game 6 after Toronto dropped Games 4 and 5 He has a 2.21 goals-against average and .901 save percentage in the playoffs after a 2.14 GAA and .926 save percentage in the regular season Woll was 27-14-1 this season with a 2.73 GAA and .909 save percentage who came over earlier this season in a trade; he saw no time in goal in the first round Gm5: Luostarinen's sweet finish puts the Panthers up by 2 “You’ve got to play hard between the whistles I think that's what you’ve got to focus on There's … different scenarios that come up but we want to play hard between the whistles and got to be disciplined.” -- Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube on facing the Panthers Maple Leafs: They can get their power play going Against the Lightning’s power play (25.9 percent in the regular season allowing a single goal in Game 1 and a single goal in Game 5 Toronto’s power play was tied for eighth in the regular season (24.8 percent) and went 6-for-17 against the Senators in the first round it will go a long way against the Panthers Panthers: They stay on the right side of the line. The Panthers are big hitters, a team of players not afraid to intimidate an opponent, to get in their faces. But the Panthers crossed the line in the first round, with defenseman Niko Mikkola earning a game misconduct for boarding in Game 4 and Ekblad earning the two-game suspension for elbowing They’ll need to keep control against the Maple Leafs Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander Bobby McMann -- Pontus Holmberg -- Max Domi Calle Jarnkrok -- Scott Laughton -- Steven Lorentz Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand Evan Rodrigues -- Nico Sturm -- Jesper Boqvist TORONTO (AP) — Cleveland Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee left Sunday’s start at Toronto after five innings because of cramping in both legs but said afterward that he doesn't expect to miss any time Bibee came to the mound to warm up for the bottom of the sixth inning lifting his legs several times and calling the trainer out of the dugout Left-hander Tim Herrin replaced Bibee who earned the win in Cleveland's 5-4 victory “It was definitely a battle outing,” Bibee said pitched really well," manager Stephen Vogt said "Probably not as many strikes as he would have liked but I really liked the way he turned it around I thought the fifth inning was his best and then Toronto batters had three hits with runners in scoring position against Bibee one more than he’d allowed in his first six starts combined Bibee said after the game that he was feeling better following treatment Vogt said he expects Bibee to make his next scheduled start Bibee also left a July 2024 start against Detroit after five innings because of leg cramps Tanner is on it," Vogt said of the recurring problem "He was able to throw almost all of his pitches before it started The Toronto Blue Jays hit a grand slam for Clarington baseball lovers Sunday with the news the municipality has been awarded a Jays Care Foundation Field of Dreams grant of nearly $110,000 for much-needed upgrades to the hardball diamond at Soper Creek Park in Bowmanville and I bet they fell in love with the sport on their hometown ball diamond,” said Mayor Adrian Foster “This is where players learn teamwork It’s where we create memories and build community.” Planned improvements include new players’ benches improved surface grading and covered dugouts that provide players with shade and shelter from the rain and the overall playing experience for both local athletes and visiting teams “We can’t wait to see everyone play on our revamped ball diamond,” Foster said adding that construction is set to begin soon “A huge thank you to the Jays Care Foundation from all our ball players and the entire community.” The announcement was revealed during a community watch party on Sunday at the event hall at Garnet Rickard Recreation Complex which was packed with more than 500 passionate baseball fans young athletes and residents from across the municipality who came out to share their community spirit Clarington was also recognized live on national television as one of this year’s Field of  Dreams grant recipients – a true community moment “We can’t wait to see everyone play on our revamped ball diamond,” he said located at 133 Simpson Avenue in Bowmanville is set to begin later this year and will reopen in time for the 2026 baseball season Subscribe to INsauga – Ontario Headline News’ daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Toronto Eaton Centre OR Sherway Gardens You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter Chris Watson ran the Toronto Marathon in a Star Wars costume The event has raised more than $8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation since 1995 Spectators and runners cheered as runners made their way through underpass park Runners made their way down Rosedale Valley Road Thousands ran from North York to downtown in the Toronto Marathon and Half-marathon that has raised more than $8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation since 1995 Runners make their way down Rosedale Valley Road Thousands run from North York to downtown in the Toronto Marathon and Half-marathon that has raised more than $8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation since 1995 Marathoners took over Yonge Street and parts of the western waterfront Sunday morning for the Toronto Marathon which featured a half marathon (21.1 km) and full marathon (42.2 km) race What started as a health kick and soon became a passion led to the top female spot for a Canadian on the Toronto Marathon podium crossed the line at two hours and 50 minutes to capture the women’s event while Phil White from the U.S had the best men’s time at two hours and 23 minutes Thousands gathered along the western waterfront and much of Yonge Street on Sunday morning to cheer on the 13,000 runners The event also featured a half marathon (21.1 kilometres) as well as 5K and 10K events in Exhibition Place who ran her first half marathon 15 years ago wrote in an Instagram post that if someone asked her at the time if she would win the full distance run describing the event as a “special and incredible experience.” A post shared by Ana Fray (@analau_77) Fray grew up in Mexico and moved to Canada 25 years ago and has lived in Toronto and the GTA for more than a decade She has completed 27 marathons and took up running in her midthirties as a way to keep herself healthy but soon “fell in love with it” and “I haven’t looked back.”  “It comes down to being very consistent and determined,” Fray says of her success “I work very hard in training and it’s awesome to see my work pay off.” According to the running podcast, “Inspired Soles,” Fray first broke through the three-hour race wall at 41 and by 44 had clocked a personal best of two hours and 46 minutes Fray’s coach Emily Setlack surprised her by obtaining a last-minute entry in the race to help Fray “stay focused and relaxed.”  “I couldn’t be more grateful for having her running with me side-by-side,” Fray said “and throwing a bunch of positive thoughts my way as I fought throughout the race.”  And the weather cooperated with mild weather and no rain — ideal for running Thousands cheered on runners with colourful signs: “Pain is temporary posting on Strava is forever,” read one a nod to the social media fitness app that tracks exercise Anto Run!” flicking at the famous “Forest Gump” phrase The behind-the-scenes race started well before runners showed up with a small army of volunteers keeping things moving Toronto’s Linda Kessler Shapiro has volunteered for several years and was stationed just south of the Sporting Life on Yonge Street where like dozens of other volunteers along the route handed out Powerade to exhausted runners as they passed “There really is a lot of co-ordination and working together,” said Shapiro “It really is like a bit of a marathon for us.” Shapiro said she’s thinking of walking in next year’s event after witnessing the “fantastic energy” and community “We’re out supporting a really good cause,” she says “and the community is standing together side by side she celebrated with a few cold beverages and a large pizza but beyond that and then I’ll likely start training again to tackle another marathon in the fall.”  Between 5 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. more than 30 routes were diverted due to widespread road closures across the city accommodating the event which goes from Willowdale south to Exhibition Place with the marathon runners looping out to Humber Bay Shores The race has raised more than $8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation since 1995 Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message 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Here’s what you need to knowBy Jermaine WilsonOpens in new windowUpdated: May 04, 2025 at 6:12AM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved TorontoPolice searching for suspect who allegedly exposed himself to a girl in midtown Toronto, committed an indecent actBy Joanna LavoieOpens in new windowPublished: May 04, 2025 at 2:29PM EDT Toronto police are searching for a male who allegedly exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl and committed an indecent act in midtown Toronto over the weekend. The incident happened on May 3 in the Rosedale-Moore Park neighbourhood, near Mt. Pleasant Road an Elm Avenue, just north of Rosedale Valley Road. Toronto police said they were called to that area at 10 a.m. Investigators say a girl was walking southbound on the Scarth Road Pathway, south of Crescent Road, when a suspect allegedly pulled down his pants, exposed himself to her, and committed an undisclosed indecent act. He is described as a male, in his 20s and five-foot-eight with a thin build and brown braided hair and wearing glasses. The suspect was last seen wearing a black hoodie, grey shorts, black socks, white running shoes, and riding an electric scooter. This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-5300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously. LocalNewsToronto man charged after allegedly defrauding victims of more than $600,000 in romance scamBy Joanna LavoieOpens in new windowPublished: May 02, 2025 at 1:24PM EDT Charge game winning goal scorer in overtime Kateřina Mrázová. “Emily Clark made a good play to bounce the puck, and Ronja Savolainen jumped into the play to make it a two-on-one. It was important (to have another option) but I just shot it. It was an exciting moment. A relief. I wanted to skate all the way back to Gwyneth Philips, but at the same time, the whole group was coming. I’m just so happy for the group. We worked so hard. I’m proud of everyone” Ottawa’s Jocelyne Larocque on the feeling of clinching a playoff berth on the last play of the regular season. “This group is really special. We worked so hard today, and I think we got the outcome that we deserved. So, it feels good and we're looking forward to the playoffs!” Sceptres forward Maggie Connors on the chemistry of her line: “I just think we try to make an impact when we can, and what’s fun about playing with them [Julia Gosling and Emma Woods] is that we try to bring a lot of energy. Whether that’s through the forecheck, shutting plays down–– we just always talk about making the simple play and bringing as much energy as we can.” For the second consecutive season, Ottawa’s playoff fate was determined in Toronto on the final day of the regular season — but this time, the result was reversed. In the inaugural season, the Charge fell 5–2, missing out on a playoff berth. The season series ends tied, 9-9 in points. Ottawa won the inaugural season series against Toronto, 9-6 in points. Kateřina Mrázová scored her third goal of the season — and the first game-winning goal of her PWHL career. It was her first goal since Feb. 1 after missing significant time (11 games) on long-term injured reserve. She has played just four games since that goal, including three since returning to the lineup. Mrázová joins teammate Gabbie Hughes as the only two Ottawa players to secure an overtime goal in team history. The Charge improved to 2–4 in games that have gone to extra time this season and are now 3–10 all-time in such games. Gwyneth Philips recorded her fifth full game allowing one or fewer goals. She finishes the season as the rookie leader in wins (8), shutouts (2), goals-against-average (2.11) and save percentage (.919). Brianne Jenner scored her seventh goal of the season — her first against Toronto. Across her two PWHL seasons, the day Mar. 10 has marked a turning point: she has recorded just four goals in her first 34 games before that date but tallied 12 goals in 18 games after the date, including today’s. The Charge have won 13 of 14 all-time games when their captain scores. Kristen Campbell became the fourth goaltender in PWHL history to reach the 1,000 career saves milestone. The Sceptres goaltender needed 13 saves in today’s match and earned 23, bringing her total to 1,010 across two seasons. Renata Fast recorded her sixteenth assist, the first player in PWHL history to reach that marker in a single season, giving her the league lead in the category. Fast continues to lead defender scoring with 22 points. Shiann Darkangelo recorded an assist and has seven points in the past five games (3G, 4A). The Charge forward made a 16-point jump from her inaugural season, finishing the year with 17 points (8G, 9A) after recording just one assist in her first PWHL campaign. Tereza Vanišová tallied her seventh assist of the season and is now tied for seventh in league scoring with 22 points. Sarah Nurse scored her sixth goal of the season and first since Jan. 28, ending the longest goalless streak of her PWHL career. The Sceptres forward ends the season with six points against Ottawa (2G, 4A), second in scoring within this season series. Emily Clark earned her tenth helper, ending the regular season just one shy of her 24-game inaugural season assist total. Ottawa’s Clark, Vanišová, Mannon McMahon, Danielle Serdachny and Aneta Tejralová were in the lineup for all 30 of the team’s games this season. Toronto’s Fast, Jesse Compher, Maggie Connors, Izzy Daniel, Julia Gosling, Kali Flanagan, Emma Maltais, Allie Munroe, Blayre Turnbull, Daryl Watts and Emma Woods were in the lineup for all 30 of the team’s games this season. Toronto’s 14 shots on goal in today’s game mark the lowest single-game total in team history. Their previous low was 15 shots, recorded in a 2–1 shootout loss to Minnesota on Mar. 9, 2025. Toronto finishes the season with a home record of 7-2-3-3 (.622), tied for top mark in the PWHL, while Ottawa finishes their road record at 7-1-1-6 (.533), second best in the league. With a point for the overtime loss, Toronto extended their home point streak to eight. There have only been two games in this six-game season series that began with a scoreless first period. The other occurrence was their New Year’s Eve matchup at Coca-Cola Coliseum, which also resulted in a 2-1 overtime Charge victory over the Sceptres. 1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Carter Tor (interference), 15:34; Serdachny Ott (interference), 19:57. 2nd Period-1, Toronto, Nurse 6 (Fast), 12:15. 2, Ottawa, Jenner 7 (Darkangelo, Vanišová), 13:08. Penalties-No Penalties 3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Woods Tor (interference), 6:55; Hughes Ott (tripping), 16:14. 1st OT Period-3, Ottawa, Mrázová 3 (Clark), 2:52. Penalties-No Penalties Shots on Goal-Ottawa 5-11-7-2-25. Toronto 4-4-6-0-14. Power Play Opportunities-Ottawa 0 / 2; Toronto 0 / 2. Goalies-Ottawa, Philips 8-5-1-0 (14 shots-13 saves). Toronto, Campbell 9-8-3-1 (25 shots-23 saves). 1. Kateřina Mrázová (OTT) OTW2. Brianne Jenner (OTT) 1G3. Maggie Connors (TOR) Toronto (12-3-6-9) – 47 PTS – 2nd PlaceOttawa (12-2-4-12) - 44 PTS – 3rd Place Toronto: Wednesday, May 7 vs. TBD at 7 p.m. ETOttawa: Wednesday, May 7 at Toronto or Thursday, May 8 at Montréal MontrealToronto, Montreal to open PWHL playoffs next week; opponents TBABy The Canadian PressPublished: May 03, 2025 at 4:53PM EDT Real EstateToronto’s unsold condo rate has reached ‘an incredible level’: expert By Jordan FleguelOpens in new windowPublished: May 05, 2025 at 3:00PM EDT In Canada’s largest housing market, the number of unsold condominiums keeps rising. “It has reached an incredible level,” Ron Butler, principal broker at Butler Mortgage, told BNN Bloomberg in a Monday interview. “We have about one full year’s inventory and that seems to continue up and up and up in terms of listings. There’s really no sign that it’s going to level off or that there’s going to be any reduction in the near term.” Butler said there’s been “severe overbuilding” in the Toronto condo market for a number of years, specifically when it comes to smaller units. “The tiniest of tiny condos,” Butler said. “It’s weird that in a country like Canada where there’s been a consistent housing crisis for the last 10 years that if you build a very bad product, people won’t take it, it’s as simple as that.” Butler said many of the unsold condos on the market today are ones designed for investors or real estate speculators and are not practical for most families. “They are roughly the size of large hotel room, only meant to be rented out, and there’s been simply a massive overbuilding of non-family units,” he said, noting that many of the condos for sale in Toronto currently are 500-square-feet or less. Butler said that in Toronto, there is now roughly a 30 per cent failure rate for condo closings, meaning many buyers are simply walking away from their pre-construction deposits. “Some of those people will be litigated… but developers let the rest of the condo units close and then a few months later they start to sell the other units that didn’t close at a substantial discount into a weak market with more and more inventory pouring in all the time,” he said. Butler noted that condo market trouble isn’t just contained to Toronto, and that markets in B.C. and Alberta are also showing signs of weakness. In Surrey, B.C., the market is full of pricing errors, he argued. “When you’re looking five or six years into the future and saying yes, I believe that the new price level will be ‘X’ six years from now and it is nowhere near ‘X,’ you run into a severe problem,” said Butler. “Because there’s stuff just down the road that’s selling for 25 per cent less, so how do you justify that extremely high price? It just doesn’t work.” Even Calgary, which has historically avoided the type of market pressures seen in larger cities like Vancouver and Toronto, is showing signs of overbuilding in its condo space, Butler said. When looking at the overall housing market in the Greater Toronto Area, Butler said that the downtown core has yet to see any significant price reductions from recent levels, but that isn’t the case in the suburbs. “There are significant reductions if you look at Durham (Region), the far regions of Peel (Region), and in York Region. There’s definitely been… absolutely a substantial price reduction, in some cases 15 to 20 per cent down,” he said. Butler noted that markets in the Hamilton and Niagara regions in Ontario have also seen recent reductions in price. For housing markets nationwide, immigration and interest rate levels will be important factors to watch moving forward, he said. The CN Tower can be seen behind condos in Toronto's Liberty Village community in Toronto on Tuesday NewsBugged out: Toronto grapples with swarms of midges as spring progressesBy Aarjavee RaajOpens in new windowPublished: May 03, 2025 at 6:01AM EDT As warmer days approach, the city is seeing a rise in throngs of midges swarming around waterways. The midges are a common occurrence in Toronto in the spring around late April and early May. These pesky little creepy-crawlies can be hard to avoid, but experts say they are the sign of a healthy ecosystem. Midges, despite sharing similarities in appearance to mosquitoes, are harmless, non-biting insects from the family of flies and are primarily known to inhabit the bottoms of ponds and lakes, experts say. Here’s everything you need to know about these tiny insects: There are many different species of midges across Ontario, but the ones that swarm together near water in Toronto are usually of one specific family dubbed the “Chironomidae,” also known as the non-biting midge, Darryl Gwynne, emeritus professor of biology at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus told CTV News. They live at the bottom of water bodies, feeding on organic matter and algae, before they rise to transform from larva into adults, experts say. Douglas Currie, curator of entomology at the Royal Ontario Museum and U of T professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, told CTV News that they occur in huge numbers in the sediments of lakes, rivers and streams. Like all other flies and species like butterflies, moths and wasps, these insects have four stages to their life cycle – eggs, larva, pupa and adult, Currie says. Their life as adults only lasts a few days at most, he says. Once the midges are ready to emerge as adults, they tend to do so synchronously, during the ice-free period, Currie says. “It’s very important that they come out en masse, so that they can take care of mating,” he says. “They typically will form swarms. The swarms will consist mainly of males and females will fly into these swarms to become mated.” The entire productions of swarms are formed for a singular purpose – mating. These swarms sometimes look like smoke hovering over a tree or a prominent rock, which are the markers adult males use to form their swarms. “The visual perception – the visual sight of a swarm is what attracts the females, like a lot of different animals in nature,” Gwynne says. “Each one is doing a display, and they’ll attract the female. From the female’s perspective, it gives them an opportunity to get into the swarm and perhaps even choose which male they want to mate with.” Each female can produce hundreds of eggs, experts say. However, they disappear as quickly as they appear due to their short-lived lifespan, Currie says. There are dozens of species of midges that reside in Lake Ontario, each with different life histories and characteristics. “What we’re going to be seeing is either different generations of the same species or different species altogether, that have their own characteristics about when they come out,” Currie says. “Midges are really important in ecological communities,” Gwynne says. Currie calls them “a keystone component of the aquatic food web,” explaining that they are one of the most important components because they serve as food for other invertebrates, fishes, birds, and when they emerge, they’re food for things like dragon and damselflies, aerial birds and more. “These are barometers of a healthy ecosystem,” Currie says. “They are very important if you like fishing, or if you like the aquatic birds that we see and so forth.” Some of the species of midges can act as indicators of poor habitat and others can be indicators of good habitats. It depends on the species, Gwynne explains. The only downside for humans is when they run through a swarm or walk near one, they get in your hair, eyes or mouth. “This, to me, is a small price to pay for having a healthy ecosystem,” Currie says. Experts advise keeping your mouth closed if you ever get caught in a swarm, to avoid breathing in or swallowing them. These insects are attracted to light, so keeping a porch light on is an invitation for them. Keeping the windows of your house shut or screening your windows and patio doors is effective in keeping these insects outside your home. An arrest was made onboard a plane at Toronto Pearson Airport this week after police received a report about a man who was allegedly intoxicated and being belligerent with airline staff Authorities say the incident happened just before 10:30 p.m “Police verbally communicated with the individual while he was seated and advised him that he was no longer welcome on the plane due to his actions with staff,” officials said in a statement to CityNews so he was arrested and charged with mischief and failure to leave the premises when directed.” Authorities did not specify what the man said or did to warrant his expulsion from the aircraft police say no injuries were sustained during the incident The man was held in custody for a bail hearing A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices In a weekend jam-packed with marathoning, New Tecumseth, Ont.’s Ana Laura Fray delivered one of the most impressive performances of all the 48-year-old made a powerful statement at the Toronto Marathon blazing to an overall women’s victory in 2:50:40 and proving that age is no barrier to excellence Her win was a standout moment among incredible results from across the country, including the BMO Vancouver Marathon and the Georgina Spring Fling on the shores of southern Ontario’s Lake Simcoe “If you had told me 15 years ago when I ran my first half-marathon in Toronto, that today I would be the winner of the full distance, I would not have believed you!” Fray wrote on Instagram A post shared by Ana Fray (@analau_77) The 2025 Toronto Marathon marked Fray’s 27th time tackling the 42.2-km event; even at 48, her performances sit short of her personal best of 2:46 by a mere four minutes. Fray’s coach, elite runner and coach Emily Setlack surprised her by entering the race herself and running beside Fray throughout; Setlack took second overall in 2:50:42 “I couldn’t be more grateful for having her running with me and throwing a bunch of positive thoughts my way as I fought throughout the race,” Fray said The outstanding run comes despite Fray’s late start to training The Toronto Marathon brought its usual slew of road closures–and a showcase of outstanding efforts A post shared by Toronto Marathon (@torontomarathon) Full results here Her race was cancelled, but she ran a marathon PB anyway The BMO Vancouver Marathon saw solid performances by Canadian favourites, with 2023 champion Dayna Pidhoresky of Windsor returning to reclaim her title in a brisk 2:35:07 A post shared by Dayna Pidhoresky (@daynapid) Full results here Canada’s road racing star Andrew Davies highlighted Sunday’s half-marathon performances in Vancouver continuing his dominant streak with a 1:04:10 to win by over a minute Full results here A post shared by BMO Vancouver Marathon (@bmovanmarathon) the spring edition of the Georgina Marathon delivered once again near Jackson’s Point Full results here Get the digital edition of Running for your chosen platform: Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account The Liberals swept downtown Toronto in last week’s federal election giving Prime Minister Mark Carney some potential fresh faces from Canada’s biggest city with which to craft a new-look cabinet Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.Play VideoArticle contentAlongside stalwarts like Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair Carney has a few prominent names to consider if he’s looking to differentiate his team from the former Trudeau government when he unveils his new cabinet on May 12 Two of the most prominent: former CBC journalist Evan Solomon and business-friendly newcomer Vince Gasparro Your guide to the world of Canadian politics By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of First Reading will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Gasparro held off a surging Conservative candidate well-regarded former city councillor Karen Stintz winning by about 900 votes in Eglinton—Lawrence a riding that is disproportionately Jewish a community Carney might see a need to shore up support with This is the most consequential election of our lifetime. Please get out and vote! #eglaw #cdnpoli #CanadaStrong pic.twitter.com/mzgBlrjuu2 Gasparro was previously special assistant to then-prime minister Paul Martin and principal secretary to former Toronto mayor John Tory he was head of sustainable finance at Roynat Capital and Vancity and served on the boards of the Canada Infrastructure Bank World Wildlife Fund and Toronto Community Housing Corporation who easily won one of the country’s safest Liberal seats hosted high-profile political shows on CTV and CBC and was more recently the publisher of GZERO Media and an executive at Eurasia Group It is the honour of my lifetime to have the privilege to serve as your MP in Ottawa I will fight hard everyday to deliver real solutions for you and your family Another downtown newcomer is Leslie Church a lawyer and former Freeland chief of staff who easily won Toronto—St another riding with a large Jewish population after previously losing a hard-fought byelection under the Trudeau banner the independent-minded Liberal MP for the east end Toronto riding of Beaches—East York was appointed to Trudeau’s last cabinet — the shuffle made necessary by Freeland’s dramatic exit from cabinet — and kept on by Carney as housing minister before the election Blair represents a riding in the old Toronto suburb of Scarborough Other high-profile suburban GTA Liberals who were re-elected include veteran MP Judy Sgro a former cabinet minister who represents Humber River—Black Creek and former Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa in Mississauga—Lakeshore transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account The spring real estate market looks underwhelming this year with few homes selling for over the asking price in the Greater Toronto Area so far Some 84 per cent of GTA neighbourhoods with at least five home sales were in underbidding territory last month, up from 73 per cent in March, digital real estate platform Wahi said in its monthly report That’s an increase compared to the same point last year (57 per cent) Just 13 per cent of neighbourhoods were in overbidding territory in April and an additional two per cent saw homes generally selling at the asking price (Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.) “The economy has been top of mind for many Canadians especially during the recent federal election cycle and at a time of unprecedented trade tensions with the U.S.,” says Wahi CEO Benjy Katchen “Recent data appears to show consumer confidence took a hit as a result of all the uncertainty and some Canadians put off buying big-ticket items there’s at least one less element of uncertainty though it’s too soon to see how a new government affects real estate sentiment and the housing market at large.” The latest decline sees bidding activity return to levels seen at the start of 2025 and suggests the typically busier spring real estate market hasn’t really gotten into gear with two months remaining before the usual seasonal summer slowdown Neighbourhoods with the most underbid homes in April were mostly concentrated in the City of Toronto and in pricier communities March was the first month in which all of the five most overbid neighbourhoods were in Old Toronto which encompasses the city’s pre-amalgamation borders four Old Toronto neighbourhoods were represented These neighbourhoods tended to have lower price points walkable neighbourhoods where homebuyers will still find single-family homes Wahi compares the differences between median list and sold prices to determine whether neighbourhoods are in overbidding or underbidding territory excluding those neighbourhoods with fewer than five transactions in a given month A total of 289 neighbourhoods out of the GTA’s approximately 400 met this threshold in April Data is sourced from Information Technology Systems Ontario and the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board The top overbidding and underbidding neighbourhoods are ranked by the median overbid or underbid amount See the full April report from Wahi here. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Benson Boone will perform at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Aug 1 most streamed song in the world and has now surpassed two billion streams on Spotify I’m sure almost all of us have seen Benson Boone’s acrobatic skills go viral online or on Saturday Night Live this past weekend now’s your chance to see both his aerial and vocal finesse in concert this summer in Toronto On May 5, the 22-year-old Grammy-nominated pop star announced he will be bringing his American Heart tour to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Aug Last year, his song “Beautiful Things” was the No. 1 most streamed song in the world and has now surpassed two billion streams on Spotify Aside from his Grammy Awards performance in February and last month’s Coachella gig with Queen’s Brian May breaking the internet Boone is also known for fan favourites like “Slow It Down,” “Cry,” “What Do You Want,” and “Pretty Slowly.” His next album American Heart will be released on June 20 with his tour kicking off on Aug A post shared by Scotiabank Arena (@scotiabankarena) Boone has previously opened for Taylor Swift on the Era’s tour in London at Wembley Stadium The bodysuit loving heartthrob was also the musical guest on May 3’s episode of Saturday Night Live — making his debut on the show and hitting a backflip The American Heart tour will be making two other stops in Canada Boone will also headline New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sept But fans are already excited for the tour to hit Toronto. “Finally Benson in Toronto. Can’t wait,” a fan says online American Express card members can access Amex Presale tickets for the show on May 7 at 10 a.m. online. A special fan presale will also go live on May 8 at 10 a.m. and tickets will be on sale to the public online on May 9 at 10 a.m. Jennifer McKelvie rode a Toronto city council cold streak into Parliament Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Don't have an account? Create Account We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.Play VideoArticle contentMcKelvie a deputy mayor and longtime councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park won the federal riding of Ajax in last Monday’s election ahead of the 39.1% for Conservative Greg Brady McKelvie’s history in east Scarborough is well-known as she ran for council unsuccessfully in 2014 led a community non-profit and then won a seat at City Hall in 2018 McKelvie told the Toronto Sun she has family and professional ties to Durham Region she said her experience makes her “the ideal candidate to deliver results for Ajax in Ottawa.” Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox Her last months on council were not her brightest McKelvie’s name was attached to two high-profile – and doomed – proposals in 2025: the creation of an aboriginal city councillor and the takeover of an arena’s administration The Indigenous councillor concept came from the city’s aboriginal affairs advisory committee and was essentially rejected by the city’s executive committee in March no councillors spoke at the meeting about the idea and it’s unclear how such a position was intended to function telling the committee the concept of an unelected councillor would be “undemocratic More baffling was McKelvie’s choice to second a motion by Councillor Chris Moise to remove almost all of the board of Moss Park Arena and replace them with a group of people that appeared to include some of his political donors said the motion McKelvie seconded “should never have been here on the floor of this council.” Most Torontonians likely know McKelvie best for filling in as mayor McKelvie’s most recent moment in the political spotlight was her star turn on Taylor Swift Way McKelvie brought forward a member’s motion to temporarily rebrand a downtown route between Toronto City Hall and the Rogers Centre as Taylor Swift Way and even brought a custom T-shirt to the council floor to drum up excitement McKelvie said the costs of the ceremonial street signs would be covered City Hall told the Sun late last year that its costs related to Swift will be publicized “in the coming months” – presumably long after McKelvie is gone spent nearly $2,300 of city money on a Taylor Swift-themed event at the Bentway.) she was clearly aligned with the downtown councillors close to Chow she twice voted to change the name of Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa McKelvie was never as important in Toronto as when she temporarily took over mayoral powers in 2023 after John Tory resigned over an at-work affair much as she had pledged years before to not seek a fourth term on council She cultivated the image of a sensible politician McKelvie largely voted with the pack on budget day each year although she did back a handful of failed proposals including attempts to hike TTC fares in both 2024 and 2025 In her last full year as a city councillor her office spent about $36,000 – roughly in the middle of the pack McKelvie told the Sun her father lives in Ajax and her son attends Durham College She said her time as a city councillor has involved business with Durham Region and through the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and bodies such as the Association of Municipalities of Ontario It seems there’s no plan yet for filling McKelvie’s council roles which include serving as chairman of the infrastructure and environment committee and the Toronto Zoo’s board of management told the Sun a report will soon come before council “on next steps for the vacant seat in Scarborough-Rouge Park.” “I want to congratulate Jennifer McKelvie on her election,” Chow said “and thank her for her exceptional service to Torontonians as deputy mayor and during her time assuming responsibilities as mayor.” jholmes@postmedia.com This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Toronto police charge teen with murder after shooting deaths of two men Manitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg Loblaw, George Weston’s $500M bread settlement returns to court Organ recipients push Doug Ford government to change donation rules Hamilton police investigating two Saturday morning shootings Evening weather forecast for May 4, 2025 TORONTO — Toronto police say they have charged a 17-year-old with two counts of first-degree murder after a double shooting in April They say officers responded to a call in the city’s Riverdale neighbourhood for gunshots around 11:15 p.m One man was pronounced dead while the second was taken to hospital Police say the teen appeared in court on Saturday for a first appearance The teen’s identity is shielded by the Youth Criminal Justice Act This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 4 Steve Ruddick was at the Oakville & Milton Humane Society learning about the region’s trusted morning news source for more than ‘Reskilling for the Future of Work’ is the title of media consultant FirstOntario Credit Union‘s Chief Risk Officer Mainly cloudy with showers/thunderstorms today and a mild high of 20°C CHCH-TV started broadcasting in 1954 and is proud to be the news leader for Hamilton and the surrounding Halton and Niagara regions Copyright © 2025 CHCH. All Rights Reserved. ZWD Please enter your email and we'll send you a new password request code Here's when it's taking place this year Mark your calendars! The Toronto Flower Market is officially returning for the 2025 season, bringing vibrant blooms the flower extravaganza will run on one Saturday every month at CAMH from Mother's Day through Thanksgiving The Market is Toronto's first outdoor flower market. It celebrates Ontario-grown blooms and allows people to buy directly from local growers and florists in the city You can shop for blooms from over 75 Ontario flower growers and vendors There are all sorts of beautiful blooms to explore, from lavender bouquets to peonies You can select a range of colourful flowers to take home with you and brighten up your space You can also find vendors selling goods like pottery The market is free to visit and runs from 10 a.m so you can bring your furry friend along for the stroll the Toronto Flower Market is a dreamy destination that you can enjoy without leaving the city When: Select dates from May 10 to October 11 TFM Website Before you get going, check out our Responsible Travel Guide so you can be informed Madeline Forsyth is a Toronto-based Lead Writer for Narcity Media she spent a year travelling much of the world as a flight attendant she uses her experience in the travel industry and passion for writing to share stories about buzzworthy events and adventures across Canada and the globe Madeline has been published in PopSugar and has interviewed sports and entertainment personalities for Narcity She has covered and photographed restaurant openings as well as event launches such as the world premiere of the Dr Some of her favourite things to write about include charming small towns and anything to do with Harry Potter We built a Welcome tour we highly recommend Your free account has now been created. 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a hipster with bespoke three-piece suits; a religious Sikh who never truly connected with Quebecers nor his party’s blue-collar base He never looked like or spoke like a politician Singh just seemed like a guy who waltzed onto the federal political scene never unencumbered by the rules of the game Singh announced that his seven-and-a-half-year tenure as the federal NDP leader had come to an end Many New Democrats will welcome the chance for the party to hit the reset button Singh’s leadership win in 2017 was full of promise after former leader Thomas Mulcair was ousted for running a disappointing 2015 election campaign one that saw the NDP drop from its high-water mark of 103 seats under Jack Layton to 44 and the loss of Official Opposition status New Democrats hoped they’d found their own Justin Trudeau youthful leader who could energize the party’s base Read the full column from Althia Raj NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pauses while addressing supporters in Burnaby VANCOUVER — One day after their worst election ever federal New Democrats found themselves clinging to life with barely any seats and major questions about the party’s future in Canadian politics and the result in Monday’s federal election was worse: a drop from 24 to just seven seats with the loss of extra resources and privileges in Parliament since the party didn’t win enough ridings to be recognized officially in the House of Commons Now begins the process to reckon with the heartbreak that was evident in a Burnaby as the NDP’s three-election leader Jagmeet Singh — who lost badly in his riding in the city — announced he will resign when the party chooses his interim replacement More from Mark Ramzy and Alex Ballingall OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is not the prime minister which just months ago would have been nearly unthinkable is a maelstrom of questions: How are Conservatives processing the results Can Poilievre stay on as leader after failing to form government and losing the seat he has represented for more than 20 years And how can he helm a newly expanded caucus from outside the House of Commons Conservatives appear divided on how to answer those questions according to several who spoke to the Star on Tuesday While the Tories increased their seat count more than any other party posting breakthroughs in the GTA and elsewhere in Ontario where they sought to make key gains they nevertheless failed to unseat the governing Liberals and stop the rise of Mark Carney amid the collapse of the NDP Read the full story from Raisa Patel and Alex Ballingall The Ontario Superior Court of Justice is seen in Newmarket Who can do the recount varies by province. In Ontario, judges of the Superior Court of Justice have authority to conduct a recount. A full list of eligible judges is available here A judge must conduct the recount within four days of receiving an application which are cast by Canadians outside their ridings at the Elections Canada Distribution Centre on the day of the federal election Recounts automatically happen when the margin of victory is less than one-thousandth of the totals votes cast if there were 40,000 total votes cast in a riding the margin of victory would have to be fewer than 40 votes to trigger a recount Recounts can also happen if a judge believes there was an error in the original counting Terrebonne 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings there are two races in which the final vote count is separated by fewer than 40 votes: Quebec’s riding of Terrebonne and Newfoundland’s Terra Nova—The Peninsulas Carney spent his first day back on Parliament Hill in meetings he also spoke by phone with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Green co-leader Elizabeth May had called Carney to congratulate him last night President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House A PMO spokesperson said that no date has been set for that meeting However the spokesperson said it is not likely to happen this week The PMO readout of their call says Trump congratulated Carney on his election “The leaders agreed on the importance of Canada and the United States working together – as independent sovereign nations – for their mutual betterment the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won the federal election but a historian said the issues swirling around the nation’s southern neighbor persist and Canada’s newly appointed Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands Monday after a joint statement at the Elysée presidential palace as part of Carney’s trans-Atlantic trip to strengthen ties with traditional friends France and Britain Prime minister Carney also had a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron today The two leaders discussed their “ongoing work to deepen defence and commercial ties.” President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, according to a statement just released from Carney’s office The statement said Trump congratulated Carney on his win and the two sides agreed to meet in the near future The day after a very late Canadian election Toronto Star Ottawa deputy bureau chief Alex Ballingall and Ottawa bureau reporters Ryan Tumilty sit down with host Althia Raj on the “It’s Political” podcast Listen to the whole episode and subscribe here. Newly elected Liberal member of Parliament Corey Hogan speaks about his win in the Calgary Confederation riding during an interview on Tuesday Corey Hogan was bleary-eyed and a little nervous the day after winning the only Liberal seat in Calgary who was named a replacement candidate in Calgary Confederation a week into the campaign said he has no idea what he’s supposed to do next as a new member of Parliament “I am the deer in the headlights,” Hogan joked Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press “I refused to look up anything about the nuts and bolts of being an MP out of superstition so last night I’m sitting there at 2 in the morning Googling ‘How do you get sworn in as an MP?’ Read the full report from The Canadian Press Voters lined up outside a polling station prior to opening to cast their ballots on election day on Monday in Ottawa Elections Canada is reporting voter turnout in this election was 68.48 per cent ON - February 27 - Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro in his Eglinton-Lawrence riding credits his victory to a “reinvigorated Liberal party with a new prime minister.” a former finance executive who held a senior post in John Tory’s office when he was Toronto mayor spoke to the Star on Tuesday after his win over star Conservative candidate Karen Stintz “It feels great,” he said after final results confirmed he beat Stintz by 875 votes Gasparro ran for the Ontario Liberals in the riding in the February provincial race losing to a Progressive Conservative by 167 votes When Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered the federal election in March a longtime Liberal who advised Paul Martin when he was prime minister He still had a lease on his provincial campaign office and a squad of volunteers with helping him best Stintz in a hard-fought contest “We built a team of Liberals but also disaffected Conservatives New Democrats and Greens behind a prime minister who is fiscally responsible and socially progressive,” said Gasparro Vancouver Kingsway 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings has been decided now that all votes have been counted NDP MP Don Davies maintained his lead with a margin of 310 votes with all polls now reporting An incredibly narrow lead for the Liberals in Terra Nova—The Peninsulas in Newfoundland now that final results are in Liberal candidate Anthony Germain has won the riding with a 12-vote margin Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives on stage at his campaign headquarters in Ottawa after the Liberal party won the federal election on Tuesday Canadians have entrusted the Liberals with a rare fourth consecutive mandate it will be the job of Mark Carney — the longtime central banker turned novice politician — to respond to U.S President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to Canadian sovereignty this is not the landslide victory that some polls had predicted The party is projected to hold fewer seats than the 172 required for a majority Cloverdale—Langley City 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings We have the first result now in these closely watched final ridings Cloverdale—Langley City has been declared a Conservative win as MP Tamara Jansen is still ahead after the final votes are cast Terra Nova—The Peninsulas 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Terrebone in Quebec where they have just a 35 point lead with all polls in in Newfoundland where they have a 46 point lead A Liberal majority is starting to move out the realm of the possible but there are three ridings in British Columbia that could tip the Liberals into a majority if they move into the lead when the final ballots are counted Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge where the Conservatives lead with seven polls left to come Cloverdale Langley City where the Conservatives lead with two polls left to come Vancouver Kingsway - where NDP MP Don Davies is leading by 308 votes right now and there is one poll left to report the MPP for Milton and a former Brampton MP announced Thursday he was leaving Queen’s Park to jump back to federal politics Here’s another one in Ontario in the hotly contested new riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South Conservative candidate Parm Gill has won the riding over Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen This is essentially a new riding made up of partly of Milton, which voted Liberal in the last election and Halton Hills, which voted Conservative Milton East—Halton Hills South 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings It seems the last votes counted as part of special ballots are now coming through finalizing a couple of Ontario races we have been watching Hamilton East—Stoney Creek 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Liberal incumbent Chad Collins has lost with the final to Conservative Ned Kuruc with the final votes now in. Kuruc has won the riding by 1,493 votes Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk has lost his seat to Conservative Kathy Borrelli With the last results in Borrelli has a 233 vote lead The Conservatives started this election with a different candidate in the riding but the previous candidate Mark McKenzie was removed after comments on a comedy podcast emerged where he suggested Justin Trudeau should be put to death Nunavut 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings NDP MP Lori Idlout has been re-elected in Nunavut with a 77-vote margin That is a riding that we have been waiting to hear about all day We just had a new result for the first time in hours as the vote counts were finished in Terrebonne a riding in Quebec Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste has been declared the winner with all polls reporting she has a 35-vote lead over the Bloc candidate who was leading until just now A 35-point lead will lead to an automatic recount Now that Mark Carney has won the job of Canadian prime minister he should dangle opportunities and passports and the promise of fast-tracked citizenship to every American mover and shaker They’d all prefer to live under Carney instead of a carny barker Mark Carney must have mixed emotions today He is ecstatic after winning Monday’s election the Liberal Party of Canada seemed more doomed than Romeo and Juliet Justin Trudeau was less popular than gonorrhea The early prediction markets called for a Pierre Poilievre landslide That poor bastard ended up losing his own seat That’s like choking to death on a macaroon at your bake sale But this Canadian election was always a reflecting pool into America Read the full column from the Star’s Vinay Menon. ballots cast by Canadians outside their ridings Elections Canada said they believe all results will be published today as the last few undecided ridings in the country have just a few thousands votes to count that could decide whether Mark Carney governs with a Liberal majority or minority “Our staff continue to count ballots and report on results until all results are published We expect all results to be published today,” said Dugald Maudsley More electors than ever opted to take advantage of early voting options including voting at advance polls and voting by special ballot.” Maudsley said they received 10 to 15 thousand votes just before the 6 p.m and are working to get through them and other votes that need to be tallied “It is important to note that in anticipation of a busy election day we hired additional special ballot offices and added over 20 additional counting tables to help speed up the counting process.” Special ballots or mail-in ballots go out before ballots are printed in a riding and voters write in their choice can increase counting times as the process is somewhat different than counting regular ballots used on election day.” Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks to supporters on election night Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived on Parliament Hill Tuesday morning uncertain whether his election victory would tip into a majority win with several seats still teetering between Liberals and opposition candidates But Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet offered an olive branch to help the Liberal leader govern as if he had a majority for “about a year or more,” and called for a partisan “truce” and an alliance among parties in order for the federal government to get through looming negotiations with the Trump administration on trade and security Read the full story from the Star’s Ottawa bureau chief Tonda MacCharles NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pauses while addressing supporters on election night The New Democratic Party is in dire straights after what may be its worst election performance in history The party had won or was leading in seven ridings as of early Tuesday afternoon — fewer than a third of its 24 seats going into the election it will lose its official party status in the House of Commons as well as the privileges attached to the designation Read the full report from the Star’s Kevin Jiang WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is congratulating Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal party for their election victory Wab Kinew says in a social media post that he looks forward to continued work building Canada with Carney’s federal government The Liberals were on track to add to their seat count in Manitoba Much of the Liberals’ support in Manitoba is concentrated in Winnipeg Read the full story here from the Canadian Press Is this election the beginning of change in Brampton It is often said the path to election victory runs through the 905 the Liberals won 5 of 6 ridings in Brampton but if you scratch a little deeper and look at the numbers Amarjeet Gill is the new Conservative MP in Brampton West beating Kamal Khera who had been the Liberal MP since 2015 two of them running in newly drawn ridings separated by a few percentage points and the largest margin being just over 1,800 votes This proves that the time the Conservatives are putting into courting the South Asian vote in this area is working Pierre Poilievre held large rallies in this area and the ground game for many first-time candidates turned out to be quite strong Amandeep Sodhi is the new Liberal MP who won in Brampton Centre over another first timer could Gill’s win be the beginning of a blue wave in Brampton Brampton West: Amarjeet Gill (CON) 20,986 49.96 Ruby Sahota (LIB) (Incumbent) 22,346 48.82 Sonia Sidhu (LIB) (Incumbent) 21,477 49.16 Maninder Sidhu (LIB) (Incumbent) 23,350 48.52 With just over 99 per cent of ballots counted voter turnout in Canada’s 2025 federal election has surpassed the last two campaigns While Elections Canada has yet to finish its count and release the official numbers the agency is reporting a turnout of 68.7 per cent as of Tuesday evening That means more than 19.2 million Canadians cast a ballot in Monday’s election See the Star’s full breakdown here.  Conservative candidate Karen Stintz has conceded a close race in Eglinton-Lawrence won by Liberal Vince Gasparro told the Star on Tuesday that the loss surprised her because her team had “unbelievable identified support” and a great “ground game” to ensure those supporters got to the ballot box President) Trump was a factor and the Liberals were able to capitalize on creating a ballot question that ‘The bogeyman to the south was a real threat.’ The reality is it was the last nine years of Liberal policies that have created the conditions in this country that I think made us vulnerable,: she said “But they created the ballot question and that was how people voted.” who served as chief executive of Variety Village after leaving city hall said she doesn’t know what is next for her “I’m still processing and it’s going to take a couple of days,” she said Gasparro told the Star that he won’t comment until one final poll result for Eglinton-Lawrence is reported Mark Carney’s Liberals won have won the 2025 federal election completing a stunning comeback over Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives Use our interactive map to see how the votes broke down in each riding — and where the votes changed in the last four years Final results for a handful of close ridings are pending which will decide if the Liberals have won a majority or minority mandate from voters Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is the only leader speaking publicly today He told reporters that he was disappointed in the overall result but believes his party held off a significant challenge “We have controlled a wave with our bare hands so we are entitled to be proud but I lost some very close friends and those people will get my attention first,” he said and Liberals clever use of that threat drove away some Quebec voters He said Canada will have to renegotiate a deal with the U.S. but he doesn’t expect this coming likely minority Parliament to last a long time He said he doesn’t expect a supply and confidence agreement between the NDP and the Liberals in the last Parliament “The marriage between the NDP and the Liberals brought the NDP from 25 to seven I am not sure I would do try that another time.” Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre remains in the job of Conservative leader the Star was able to declare that Poilievre will lose his riding of Carleton partially rural riding Ottawa-area riding has sent him to the House of Commons for 20 years Poilievre won the party leadership in 2022 with a resounding vote from the party’s base who support him The Conservative Party Constitution allows for a leader without a seat in Parliament it even allows for the party to provide the leader with a salary if they are not receiving one as an MP The party constitution does require a vote of party members on Poilievre’s leadership at the next national convention If more than 50 per cent of people at that convention want a leadership race than one takes place published an open letter in several newspapers endorsing Pierre Poilievre’s bid to become the next prime minister of Canada fresh from Mark Carney’s Monday victory in staying on as PM and the business leaders must be disappointed because Carney has promised to do most of what they called for in their ad headlined “Friends of Free Enterprise in Canada: Time for a Change.” Read the full column from David Olive.  Canadians won’t know until later Tuesday whether Mark Carney’s Liberals have won a majority or minority mandate from voters Elections Canada decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call Read the full story from the Canadian Press. The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost in the Ottawa riding of Carleton Poilievre first took the seat in 2004 and won it six subsequent times Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy was leading in the riding by more than 3,700 votes with over 99 per cent of polls reporting tirelessly knocked on doors in his bid to unseat Poilievre In an address to supporters after midnight Poilievre acknowledged the Conservative party’s defeat at the hands of the Liberals in the general election Read more from the Canadian Press. and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre raise hands at a rally during a campaign stop in Edmonton on Monday April 7 Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper took to social media Tuesday morning to send Carney his “sincere congratulations.” success as they navigate our country forward during these challenging times,” Harper said The former Tory leader also congratulated Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives on making “significant” gains in seats and in their share of the popular vote as well as “bringing an entire new generation of Canadians to the Conservative Party.” Harper had previously endorsed Poilievre and downplayed Carney’s role in avoiding a recession during the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when Carney served as governor of the Bank of Canada Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacts with wife Diana Fox Carney on stage at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa on Tuesday Doug Ford issued a statement on Carney’s victory on Tuesday “I want to congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory Jagmeet Singh and every candidate who put their name on a ballot for their service to our democracy,” the premier said “This election comes at a crucial time for Ontario and for Canada families and businesses are navigating the economic uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs and they are counting on all levels of government to work together to protect Canada,” he said As the federal Conservatives assess a campaign that saw leader Pierre Poilievre lose his Ottawa-area seat of Carleton they are pointing fingers at the most powerful Tory in Ontario who had publicly blasted Poilievre for not using the Progressive Conservatives’ roadmap to re-election in the Feb always getting his criticisms and all his opinions out trying to position himself as some kind of political genius that we needed to be taking cues from,” a furious Tory MP Jamil Jivani (Bowmanville-Oshawa North) told CBC’s David Common in a candid interview Read the full story from Robert Benzie.  Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his win in a Tuesday morning post on X “I look forward to working together to build more affordable homes faster and get Toronto moving by building more transit,” Chow said the City of Toronto is ready to work with the federal government to protect workers and businesses.” Chow thanked “every candidate that put their name forward here in Toronto and across the country.” After a wave of election results overnight there are still 16 ridings that have yet to be fully counted and called: The tightest Liberal-Conservative races include: Elections Canada is slated to resume counting special ballots at 9:30 a.m Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters on election night in Ottawa CBC and CTV are projecting the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his Ottawa-area riding of Carleton Poilievre has held the riding since its creation in 2015 He held parts of the riding prior to this when it was under a different name and boundary the Conservatives dispatched staffers and volunteers to the riding for a last-minute blitz after internal polling showed Poilievre was vulnerable Poilievre can still lead the Conservative party without holding a seat Global reaction is pouring in after Prime Minister Mark Carney led the Liberal Party to victory in Monday’s federal election It is the party’s fourth straight election win although it’s not clear if the Liberals will have a minority or majority government Here’s a look at what world leaders and other prominent figures are saying: “I congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party on their success in Canada’s election I’m confident Mark will be a strong leader for the fundamental values and interests Canadians and Americans share.” - Former United States president Joe Biden “Congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney on your victory I look forward to continuing to work with you to build on the enduring friendship between our nations in the shared interests of all our citizens.” - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Read the full report from The Canadian Press Prime Minister Mark Carney is greeted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he arrives in London on Monday congratulated Carney on his election victory “With your leadership, and personal ties to the U.K., I know the relationship between our two countries will continue to grow,” Starmer wrote in a statement Carney attended the University of Oxford and was governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020 also congratulated Carney and the Liberal Party on their election win “I look forward to working closely together, both bilaterally and within the G7,” she wrote in a post to X “We’ll defend our shared democratic values Surrey Newton 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings The Canadian Press has called a race — this time out in B.C The riding of Surrey Newton will remain Liberal with incumbent Sukh Dhaliwal holding on against a challenge from the Conservatives There are now 15 remaining uncalled races across Canada See the full results for the riding of Surrey Newton here Carleton 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy’s lead has widened once again He’s now leading Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre by more than 3,000 votes — although the race has still not been called Check out the full results for the riding of Carleton as they are released, here An example of a ballot for the riding of Carleton where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is running for re-election If you’re just joining us (why would you be joining us at 3 a.m.??), here’s why it might be taking so long to get a call in Pierre Poilievre’s Carleton riding: Elections Canada warned that there could be a greater number of spoiled ballots in the riding due to the size of the ballots what would it take for a recount to happen It varies by province. In Ontario, judges of the Superior Court of Justice have authority to conduct a recount. A full list of eligible judges is available here. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to his supporters after losing the Canadian Federal Election on April 29 Minute by minute, we are chipping away at the final votes in Pierre Poilievre’s Carleton riding We now have 24 polls left to be counted and the race is narrower than ever Edited clips from Mark Carney's address to supporters at a central Ottawa hockey arena Donald Trump went on social media on Canada’s election day to endorse himself as the best leader for this country handing victory to Mark Carney and the Liberals — a vote for stability amid the chaos Trump keeps wanting to wreak on Canada Perhaps Trump will want to let that sink in as Trump argued again in that Truth Social post and when they want to be led by a governor Read the full column from Susan Delacourt Toronto loves to turn to a good manager with a soft-spoken No wonder this city turned out for Mark Carney if you were trying to sum up how things looked from the city of Toronto after all the ballots were cast you’d have obvious local issues to look at Mayor Olivia Chow summed a few up in a recent interview with the Star: funding for mass transit The fate of those things will still affect us — the mayor appears to have a partner in “getting the government back in the business of building housing” in now-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney — but at least in the moment Because this hasn’t been any normal federal election It hasn’t even been simply an unusual federal election It has been a one-of-a-kind unicorn of an election marked by a federal existential crisis that capsized every expectation of what this was about And made local concerns take kind of a back seat Read the full column from Edward Keenan these are the ridings where you’ll find it In Newfoundland, Terra Nova—The Peninsulas has only one poll not reporting and just 46 votes separating the Liberal and Conservative candidates Montreal’s Terrebonne riding has the Bloc and Liberal candidates separated by only 28 votes. The top candidates in Kelowna are separated by 66 votes These ridings — three of the 19 still up in the air — are part of the reason why the Canadian Press has been unable to project either a majority or minority government for Mark Carney’s Liberals So the Liberals are now up to 167 seats: Still five seats short of a majority government in an election that was supposed to be about delivering a strong mandate in order to respond to the most severe existential threat this country has faced in a century I wonder if anyone will learn the right lesson from that ON- APRIL 29 - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrates his win and delivers his victory speech in the Canadian Federal Election at TD Place Arena in Ottawa Ontario Premier Doug Ford and prime minister-designate Mark Carney met at Wally’s Grill in Etobicoke on March 12 We won’t know about the actual turnout until Elections Canada releases the official numbers but the fact that Ontario recorded the biggest jump in advance voting compared to four years ago suggests turnout will be robust Just a few months ago, during February’s provincial election, turnout was low — even as Doug Ford’s Conservatives framed the campaign around the urgent need for a stronger mandate to protect Ontarians That call to action barely moved the needle That’s likely because Ford’s re-election felt inevitable Voters could stay home without consequence Voters seemed determined to show up — either to send the Liberals packing hoping he’ll be the one to “keep Canada strong.” and we’re still watching Pierre Poilievre’s riding of Carleton Here’s where things stand at the moment: 221 of 266 polls are reporting and Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is leading Poilievre by just over 2,000 votes That’s basically where things have stood for most of the night The Canadian Press has yet to call the riding either way It is one of 18 seats across the country that haven’t been called We’re already getting language from Carney about working constructively with the other parties in Parliament It seems like he’s not going to have much of a choice in the matter While we’re still waiting on some ridings to be called it looks like the Liberals will need support from another party — perhaps two parties — in order to govern It will be interesting to see what form that cooperation takes We know that Justin Trudeau preferred to work on a vote-by-vote basis but eventually signed a confidence-and-supply agreement with the NDP — that deal probably contributed to the NDP’s miserable results tonight Could we see a formal coalition with the NDP will he need Elizabeth May to step up and become speaker Or will he need to knock on the Bloc’s door Donald Trump couldn’t resist posting about the election in what he believes should be the 51st state Trump will now be dealing with a governor — not a state governor but the former governor of two central banks has made it clear he’ll only engage with Trump if there’s genuine respect for Canada’s sovereignty — embodying the Canadian banking ethos of measured authority Trump may find a Carney-led Canada a unique challenge always chasing the deal — a reflection of a very different banking culture We might just witness a fable play out in real time: the banker and the bully A map shows the riding boundaries of Terrebonne Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrates his election victory at TD Place Arena in Ottawa Liberal Leader Mark Carney asked his supporters: “Who is ready?” “Who is ready to stand up for Canada with me?” Carney said “Who is ready to build Canada Strong?” Speaking to a crowd at a central Ottawa hockey arena Carney vowed to work with all Canadians — including other parties — in his new government I will always do my best to represent everyone that calls Canada home,” Carney said He thanked the leaders of the other parties for their contributions to Canada while also weighing in on the race in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s riding of Carleton which has yet to be called but is led by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy “I’m looking forward to working with Bruce Fanjoy,” Carney said He also reiterated that Canada can no longer rely on its trade relationship with the U.S as President Donald Trump threatens Canada’s sovereignty President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us Carney spoke of his trip to Gander early on in the campaign He said the kindness Canada showed on 9/11 is reflected throughout the country We become brave by doing brave acts,” Carney said saying his government will build a stronger country with Canadians “We will protect our workers and our business and above all we will build an independent future for our country,” he said New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters on election night What was projected to be a three-way race ended up being between only the Liberals and Conservatives with the NDP leader finishing a distant third Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrates his win with wife Diana Fox Carney at TD Place Arena in Ottawa on April 29 Mark Carney’s wife Diana takes the stage to introduce her husband “Thank you for choosing my husband’s vision for a positive unified and above all a strong country,” she says She says her husband has grown over the campaign loyal and driven by an exceptionally strong set of values.” Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre wave to the crowd at the Conservative election party at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa where I suspect Don Urquhart is watching the results with more than passing interest He’s the editor of the Times Chronicle — and the journalist who found himself on the receiving end of a now-viral exchange with Pierre Poilievre in Oliver in the South Okanagan–West Kootenay riding featuring Poilievre calmly munching on an apple while dressing down Urquhart went live in October 2023 — back when the Conservatives were leading the Liberals by 12 points Fox News said Poilievre was “batting down a reporter’s questions.” The Daily Mail praised him for “calmly tearing apart a reporter.” Megyn Kelly asked “Can we get him in our country?” And The National Post called it a “masterclass in political jiu-jitsu.” Even Elon Musk weighed in: “Never heard of him before ”The apple moment will no doubt be studied as part of political history it also stands as a cautionary tale: in politics tearing down a reporter may get clicks — and lose the bigger campaign If Poilievre does indeed lose his seat — which is looking increasingly likely — he will need to divide his time campaigning against Carney campaigning against his critics in his party but Poilievre clearly signalled that he’s not planning on going anywhere And he has worked feverishly to ensure that that are no other powerbases in his caucus I know Conservatives are taking stock of these results: They are far from the worst case scenario but the current results raise the question: Can Poilievre who has proved to be a deeply polarizing figure a crowd of supporters is taking the stage to stand behind him and cheer There are also a lot of supporters standing in front of Carney of course The arena the Liberals are in tonight — or I guess now this morning — is the home of the Ottawa 67s Ottawa’s main convention centre was booked with the Conservative election night event today As Poilievre conceded the federal election more and more polls came in from his riding — and they continued to look not great for the Conservative leader in Toronto — Poilievre is trailing still Liberal Bruce Fanjoy by more than 2,000 votes His riding is one of 19 across the country that are too close to call As Elections Canada continues to count the ballots the voter turnout rate was at 52.07 per cent with 65,527 of 75,482 polls reporting as of 00:50 a.m The overall voter turnout rate is expected to be higher than that of the 2021 election where 62.2 per cent of the registered electors cast their ballots                                                                                                                               Elections Canada told the Star that the agency prepared to have a potential higher turnout in the election and hired close to 250,000 workers across Canada to work on election day Poilievre says Canada is a promise that hard work can lead to a better life He says his purpose in politics is "and will continue to be" to restore that promise Pierre Poilievre’s claim that he denied the Liberals and NDP a chance to form a coalition government is absolutely premature the projected seat counts actually puts the Liberals and NDP We may be witnessing more than just a political defeat for Pierre Poilievre If he loses his Ottawa seat — where he now trails Liberal Bruce Fanjoy by more than 2,000 votes — it won’t simply be the end of a campaign Poilievre has devoted his entire adult life to a single goal: becoming prime minister of Canada Politics wasn’t just a career for him; it was his identity Most politicians can pivot back to previous careers or forge new paths It’s reminiscent of Olympic athletes who measure their lives in four-year cycles — only to face the devastating question A loss tonight wouldn’t just be a political setback It would mark the collapse of a dream that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre arrive on stage at his campaign headquarters on election night in Ottawa early Tuesday morning Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has conceded the election to Mark Carney while saying his party denied the Liberals and the NDP the number of seats they needed to form a coalition government “We gave voices to countless people across this country who have been left out for too long,” Poilievre told the crowd at Ottawa’s downtown Rogers Centre He said Carney now has a “razor-thin” minority government Poilievre said his purpose in politics “will continue to be” to restore the promise that hard work can lead to a better life “I will continue to fight for them everyday and everyday we will never give up in fighting for the Canadian people,” he said Poilievre also currently trails in his Carleton riding by more than 2,000 votes and about half the polls in Pierre Poilievre’s Carleton riding are reported is now more than 2,000 votes up on Poilievre the best-case-scenario for the Liberal Party would mean keeping everything they’ve got and picking up 12 ridings that are not yet called the Liberals would have a relatively narrow majority is that the NDP holds the balance of power in this Parliament That would be an extraordinary stroke of luck for the moribund NDP The NDP struggled to win or lead the vote count in fewer than 10 seats a devastating result for the party that held 24 seats before the election and held the balance of power in a minority Parliament Jagmeet Singh says he is stepping down as leader of the NDP and has conceded his riding of Burnaby Central appearing alongside his wife in a hotel ballroom fought back tears while speaking to his supporters Singh urged Canadians to choose “hope over fear” and “optimism over despair.” He said his daughter reminded him of the future and what he was fighting for Singh was elected as leader in 2017 and led the party through the 2019 He thanked and hugged supporters as he left the stage NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to address his supporters in British Columbia after a dismal election night result for his party soon The party had 24 seats before dissolution and is now leading in only eight ridings which would be four fewer than required for official party status Former journalist Evan Solomon pictured in a handout photo Journalist-turned-Liberal-politician Evan Solomon – newly elected in Toronto Centre – released a post-win statement to the Star that said Canada and Toronto Centre made a decisive decision to stand up against the politics of division and fear … Now the hard work begins!” With 65 of 187 polls reporting Solomon had 21,010 or 61.5 per cent of the votes the Conservative who won his seat for Bowmanville—Oshawa North put the split on Canada’s right on full display in an interview with CBC by calling Ontario Premier Doug Ford “a problem for Ontario and Canada.” Jivani said Ford tried to make the federal election about him and shouldn’t be a “hype man to the Liberal party.” “He’s not doing a great job at running this province,” Jivani said “Now he’s trying to exercise his influence over other levels of government and it’s not like this guy is doing anything particularly well.” “This guy’s a political genius because he beat Bonnie Crombie and Steven del Duca And now we gotta sit around getting advice from him vice president JD Vance was expected to hurt him in his campaign he is leading Liberal Bridget Girard by about 3,000 votes consider this: Pierre Poilievre came out clearly and unequivocally against Bill 21 the province’s ban on religious symbols for some public sector employees It has been conventional wisdom in Quebec that opposing this version of laïcité is electoral suicide in Quebec it looks like Poilievre improved his standing in the province by some six points the Conservatives look set to pick up a seat from the Bloc Quebecois Could this be a clear sign that opposing these identity issues in Quebec is not the third rail it was once thought to be In five separate 905 ridings in the Brampton and Milton area Liberal and Conservative candidates are neck and neck – within a percentage point or two of each other – making them real nail biters at a moment when the country is waiting to see if Mark Carney’s Liberals will win a majority or a minority Conservative candidate and former provincial MPP Parm Gill currently has 48.5 per cent of the vote while Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen has 47.6 per cent Ahead of Jagmeet Singh’s speech to supporters several of his staffers appear on the verge of tears and are hugging one another it’s clear this is not the result they had hoped for the Liberal victory may have come in suburban Quebec where the Liberals poached a block of seats from the Bloc Québécois Of the eight seats in play in the Montreal suburbs the Liberals appear poised to take seven of them away from the Bloc The Canadian Press has called five Liberal-Bloc flips (Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville Thérèse-De Blainville and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) and the Liberals are well within striking distance in two more (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert and Terrebonne) The only seat in the area where they looked competitive but came up short is Shefford The Liberals also took the Quebec City riding of Beauport—Limoilou from the Bloc Labrador 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings With 99.37 per cent of polls reporting in Newfoundland and Labrador the voter turnout rate was at 64.58 per cent significantly higher than the province’s rate in the 2021 federal election at 52 per cent founder of the Democratic Engagement Exchange at Toronto Metropolitan University said it was a good sign and an early indication that the overall voter turnout rate could be higher in this election As the Liberals celebrate what is undeniably a remarkable political reversal —staving off irrelevance in just four short months — they would do well to resist the temptation to interpret this as confirmation of their status as Canada’s natural governing party This outcome reflects a volatile mix of circumstances and any hint of triumphalism will be punished Voters have given the Liberals a fourth chance —not out of renewed enthusiasm but often in spite of mounting frustration there are hints of a narrative taking shape on broadcast that leans into Liberal inevitability That would be a profound misread of the moment— and a costly one While supporters of freshly re-elected Beaches-East York Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith celebrated at the Lions Stone pub in the Beach he took a moment to strike a more serious tone in speaking about the new Liberal government where they came from a few months ago and demand from Canadians for a new approach “I would just say I think overwhelmingly Canadians understood that this was a moment that requires serious leadership and the ballot question really was who is best placed to defend our economic and economic interests against Donald Trump if you asked me in December where we’d end up I wouldn’t have guessed that we would have been concluding the night with a Liberal government So I think that desire for serious leadership and stability it goes a long way,” Erskine-Smith told the Star As the night drags on, Carleton remains one of the country’s most-watched ridings Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is still trailing his Liberal rival Bruce Fanjoy by more than 1,000 votes with more than 20 per cent of polls reporting And we may be in for the long-haul here — because of the length of the 91-candidate ballot vote counting is expected to take five times as long here as other ridings it’s important to remember those early numbers may be skewed by the large number of advance ballots received in the riding Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Liberal incumbent Marc Serré has lost his seat to a Conservative challenger in the riding of Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt It is a pretty shocking loss for the Liberals in Edmonton Southeast Liberal leader Mark Carney was just in the city campaigning with their candidate and Mayor Amarjeet Sohi and delivered remarks from the back of a pickup truck the Canadian Press projects that Sohi has lost by a considerable margin It’s a clear sign that Carney’s Liberals didn’t quite hit the heights that they had hoped for in the last days of the campaign Conservative candidate Jagsharan Singh Mahal will represent the riding in Parliament has expressed interest in the past in becoming House of Commons speaker Usually that desire is not supported by any other parties but in a minority parliament that is this close she may have a better chance parties might not want to give up an MP to the speaker’s chair We have live results for Jagmeet Singh’s riding here, and Pierre Poilievre’s riding here. Over in the comments of our live results map one reader writes that “Jagmeet Singh is probably cooked.” Another is predicting a Conservative majority with the Grits holding 146 seats as of now That’s the last of my dispatches from the comment section for tonight but stay in this file for ongoing analysis the Liberal Party was leading in 162 ridings with 42.6 per cent of votes while the Conservatives was ahead in 149 ridings with 41.9 per cent of votes The Bloc Québécois followed with 23 ridings and the New Democratic Party were leading in eight It’s coming down to the wire in the Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester where the Liberals may have flipped a second seat in Atlantic Canada Liberal Alana Hirtie is ahead by 350 votes with 219 of 222 polls reporting Hirtie’s near victory comes on the heels of another Liberal flip in South Shore—St The story coming out of Atlantic Canada earlier this evening was a strong Conservative showing But now that we’re getting to the end of counting it looks like at least one of the Conservative flips in Newfoundland isn’t holding up Liberal Anthony Germain in Terra Nova—The Peninsulas has taken back the lead over Conservative Jonathan Rowe who had been declared the victor earlier in the evening At the Celtic Irish Pub on Yonge St., Liberal candidate Leslie Church celebrated a win in the Toronto—St. Paul’s riding — which turned red after short rendezvous with the Conservatives after a byelection last year Church said the prospect of a minority Liberal government didn’t faze her “Regardless of how the results come in tonight the number one priority here after the election is going to be to bring people together,” Church said “I think that we’ve been in a very tumultuous political climate for a number of months and really with the threats at our doorstep from down south what matters now is everybody working together across parties The scale of the challenge that we face to stare down Mr Trump and his threats to our economy and our sovereignty is large enough that it’s going to take all of us working together so I think we’re going to have to put an emphasis on finding unity It’s a mystery to me how the Conservatives spent two years demanding an election without ever telling Canadians who would govern alongside Pierre Poilievre Who would have been his foreign affairs minister Carney made his campaign about himself — and not about the same “clowns” (to borrow the Conservatives’ own “Golf” ad language) But shouldn’t voters looking for change have been told the minute Chrystia Freeland put the final nail in Justin Trudeau’s coffin exactly who would be ready to run the country A clear signal that there was a government-in-waiting Elizabeth May will keep her seat in Saanich—Gulf Islands It is the only seat that the Greens have won or are leading with Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice currently trailing by less than 200 votes in his riding Green co-leader Jonathan Pedneault lost his bid in Montreal earlier this evening Windsor West 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Conservative Harb Gill wins in the auto-city riding of Windsor West NDP MP Brian Masse has held this riding for 20 years the Conservatives are not typically in contention in this riding it is usually a NDP - Liberal battle For those curious about the impact of advance poll numbers another data point from Newfoundland and Labrador: Terra Nova—The Peninsulas which had been called by the Canadian Press for the Conservatives early in the night The Conservatives have fallen more than five points from when those early results came in with the Liberals rising by nearly that much Cumberland—Colchester has also moved from being declared for the Conservatives to lean Liberal it is not every seat that will be affected by counting the early votes last But it’s safe to say that it will lead some seats to flip from blue to red I’m told the Liberal war room continues to be “optimistic.” who has been outspoken in his support for Israel both before and after the current war in Gaza Conservative candidate Neil Oberman currently holds a narrow 60 vote lead Former journalist Evan Solomon shown in a handout photo Evan Solomon was almost guaranteed to win Toronto Centre — one of the safest Liberal seats in the country — but it’s an awkward full-circle moment for a journalist who has turned name recognition into electoral victory tonight The former host of Power & Politics and Question Period has had to spend more time explaining where he lives than what he stands for NDP candidate Samantha Green didn’t waste time questioning Solomon’s ties to the riding pointing out that he’s been living in New York and is currently couch-surfing while looking for a home here Not quite the “deep roots” message voters in places like Regent Park or Church and Wellesley might connect with Then there’s the irony no one’s missing: Solomon was fired from the CBC for brokering secret art deals - including with Mark Carney who now becomes his boss if the Liberals hang onto power the results in Poilievre’s Carleton riding are coming in We’re at about four per cent of polls reporting and Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is still in the lead with 59 per cent of the vote It’s important to note that those numbers may be skewed by advanced voting The Canadian Press has called Outremont for the Liberals putting an end to Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault’s hopes of election to the House of Commons Jagmeet Singh’s riding of Burnaby Central has been seesawing all over in early reporting with still only nine per cent of polls reporting It’s shaping up to be a true three-way toss-up — and Singh is in third Former Liberal MP Paul Chiang’s resignation four weeks ago created an open race in the key 905 battleground riding of Markham-Unionville Conservative Michael Ma is leading by 1,100 votes in the race against Chiang’s replacement former Toronto deputy police chief Peter Yuen Alexandre Boulerice is projected to win Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie while Heather McPherson looks set to keep Edmonton Strathcona and Lori Idlout is ahead in Nunavut I’m sure lots of New Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief that the party has some some serious leadership contenders in their caucus But I think it’s clear that the NDP is going to fall behind official party status It’s conceivable they could hold the balance of power and the binary choice between Carney and Poilievre it really felt like Singh had little new to add speaks after being named the winner at the Liberal leadership event in Ottawa on Sunday Check out the Star’s election promise tracker to see everything Mark Carney pledged this election campaign Former journalist Evan Solomon will be going to Parliament Hill. As a first-time politician, Solomon won his riding in Toronto-Centre with 55 of 187 polls reporting and 6,189 votes (60.9 per cent.) The ballroom is starting to fill up here at NDP HQ There is a sense of disappointment as early results flock in showing plummeting popular support for the party — where half the NDP’s seats are — not yet clear there remains hope that the party can maintain official party status The Conservative candidate Anna Roberts won the King-Vaughan seat from Liberal incumbent It looks like the Conservatives will keep their seat in the key 905 battleground riding of King-Vaughan where Conservative Anna Roberts is projected to win against Liberal Mubarak Ahmed The Liberals won the seat in 2015, then lost it in 2021, when the riding saw the lowest voter turnout in the country. Roberts currently has 10,106 votes to Ahmed’s 5,846 with nearly half of all polls reporting So surveying many of the ridings that the Liberals were targeting They look set to seize many of those Bloc ridings they wanted they’re projected to win Peterborough and have a sizeable lead in Winnipeg West and are on track to lose quite a few seats they weren’t worried about does that mean that we need to be patient and see how these ridings shake out when all the vote is in two-way-race dynamic make things less predictable than the Liberals thought Is it possible that people weren’t quite as motivated by the fear of Trump that Liberal strategists thought the Liberals could win a vote with the support of the NDP or the Bloc the Liberals would need the Bloc’s support to pass anything The NDP’s support would not be enough Green Party of Canada co-Leader Jonathan Pedneault speaks outside of Maison de Radio Canada prior to the leaders debate in Montreal on Wednesday Early results show Jonathan Pedneault, the newcomer co-leader of the Green Party, trailing in the downtown Montreal riding of Outremont.The riding has been held since 2019 by recently-named Liberal Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan Previously Bendayan served briefly as Minister of Official Languages.Taking the riding has long been seen as a longshot for Pedneault who was a human rights advocate and war correspondent before returning home to join the Green Party he won the party’s leadership running on a joint platform with Elizabeth May – bringing a co-leadership model used by Greens in other countries to Canada The cheers completely dissipated in Conservative headquarters when major networks declared a Liberal win each time a Conservative candidate appears poised to mark a victory The families of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have entered the room and are occupying the first rows of chairs Chants of “bring it home” are rippling through the crowd Sean Fraser speaks during a press conference in Ottawa Former Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser has been declared the winner in his riding of Central Nova He has about 1,000 vote lead with 190 of 229 polls Fraser stepped down in December and said he wasn’t going to run again but he changed his mind in the first week of the campaign The Conservatives have flipped the riding of York Centre a former Ontario PC MPP who was kicked out of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus in 2021 over his objection to COVID-19 lockdowns is projected to beat Liberal incumbent and former minister of mental health and addictions Ya’ara Saks Much of the race in the northwest Toronto riding focused on the debate over the Liberal government’s response to the war in Gaza who on Monday night lost what had been their only foothold in Canada’s largest city when Toronto-St With fewer than half of the city’s 24 ridings yet to be called Baber is shaping up to be the Conservatives’ lone Toronto MP Peterborough 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Peterborough which the Conservatives held with MP Michelle Ferreri has officially flipped to the Liberals according to the Canadian Press it’s a tight race in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond-Hill Conservative MP Costas Menegakis is leading by 1,123 votes over Liberal incumbent Leah Taylor Roy Taylor Roy won her seat in 2021 by a narrow margin Menegakis represented the neighbouring riding of Richmond Hill from 2011 to 2015 under the Harper government a Toronto city councillor and deputy mayor McKelvie took a leave of absence from her job as councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park to run Erin O’Toole returns from a break to continue appearing as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on April 3 While waiting my turn in the “green room” of a political show, I had a chance to chat with a seasoned Conservative strategist. When I asked how Erin O’Toole might feel about the party’s trajectory she didn’t hesitate: ‘Erin O’Toole would have won this election.’ but she elaborated that O’Toole’s brand of conservatism—strong but not perpetually on the attack—could have resonated differently especially once the campaign context shifted O’Toole had the potential to become a ‘Captain Canada’ figure much like Doug Ford did early in his tenure and ride that wave all the way to the Prime Minister’s office I can’t help but wonder what former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is thinking as he watches the Tories fall short because of a party that couldn’t broaden its base The Liberal who launched massive political change when she resigned from cabinet last December Chrystia Freeland has retained her seat in Toronto’s University-Rosedale riding and 6,494 votes (64.5 per cent) the Star declared Freeland the winner Freeland’s resignation sent “shockwaves” through the Liberal party and led to the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who was already under fire for his declining popularity among Canadians but did not fare well against newcomer Mark Carney who will lead Canada as its next prime minister Freeland played an undeniable role in the Liberal’s new political fortunes Churchill—Keewatinook Aski 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings Churchill—Keewatinook Aski where longtime NDP MP Niki Ashton is behind in her riding with a lot of results already in The NDP are holding Winnipeg Centre but its very close with just a few hundred votes The Conservatives are winning in Elmwood Transcona over the NDP Elmwood has been an NDP riding for decades and the party held it in a contested byelection last year The Canadian Press is calling the first Liberal flip in Quebec where they’ve taken Rivière-des-Mille-Îles from the Bloc Québecois Liberal Linda Lapointe will be headed to Ottawa after defeating the Bloc’s Luc Desliets in the riding on Montreal’s North Shore The Liberals are on track to take six seats from the Bloc in Quebec all in the Montreal suburbs:  Mont-Saint-Bruno—L’Acadie Thérèse-De Blainville and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles they would represent a collapse in support for the bloc in one of the country’s key suburban battlegrounds National Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks during the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa on Thursday Liberal stalwart and former Toronto police chief Bill Blair has won his seat in Scarborough Southwest Blair had 4,763 votes (61.3 per cent) while Conservative Asm Tarun had 2,337 votes (30 per cent.) Polls are starting to report in Burnaby Central where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in a tight race against both the Liberals and the Conservatives The narrow contest in the riding is a microcosm of how this election has gone for the NDP which has not had a single seat called in its favour out of 134 decided races so far Singh has dodged all questions about his party leadership but told the Star last week the NDP is “obviously going to do a review” of the campaign ascended to party leader in 2017 and won a by-election in February 2019 for a seat in Parliament Calgary Signal Hill 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings I think we’re set to see a lot of seat-flipping Current results had the Liberals leading in two Calgary seats but behind everywhere in Edmonton — that’s the opposite of what you’d expect to see I know the Liberals were also optimistic about Saskatoon but they’re behind in all three ridings there The NDP is also leading in a number of seats that we expect the Conservatives to ultimately take It’s completely impossible to say if this swapping benefits the Liberals or Conservatives Paul’s ended its short flirtation with the Conservatives by electing Liberal Liberal Leslie Church With 50 of 238 polls reporting and 4,161 votes (62.6 per cent) Church won the seat she lost last year by 633 votes In this rematch – Don Stewart had 2,111 votes (31.8 per cent) when the vote was called As of now, the Conservatives have secured 142 seats. Follow our real-time results map here for the last few calls tonight.  Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks to supporters at his last rally of the Canadian election while at Sea Cider Farm in Saanichton Mark Carney — often criticized for lacking the polish of a career politician — and his Liberals being projected to win appears to be the kind of change voters were actually craving Many Canadians seem tired of Justin Trudeau’s smooth but increasingly hollow rhetoric by Pierre Poilievre’s relentless sloganeering And hanging over it all is the shadow of Donald Trump soundbite politics left many Canadians wary of style without substance substance-over-style approach feels almost refreshing It’s not that he lacks political instincts — it’s that he channels them differently betting that competence and pragmatism might matter more right now than charisma Time will tell whether tonight marks a real shift — from valuing performance to valuing quiet capability — or just a temporary reaction to the noise of recent years We’re finally seeing our first numbers trickle out of Pierre Poilievre’s Carleton riding where vote counting was expected to take five times as long because of an unusually long ballot — complete with 91 candidates Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is slightly ahead the Liberal candidate for Taiaiako’n–Parkdale–High Park speaks at an all-candidates meeting at Epiphany and St who had been considered the NDP’s best chance of cracking the Liberal stronghold of Toronto Liberal newcomer Karim Bardeesy is projected to win the riding of Taiaiako’n—Parkdale—High Park The seat looked like it might be competitive after Arif Virani decided not to run again for the Grits the executive director of a think tank at Toronto Metropolitan University had a commanding lead with 60 per cent of the vote a former NDP MPP who left her provincial seat to run for the federal New Democrats on her home turf was fighting it out with Conservative Wladyslaw Lizon for second place The Canadian Press has called Nepean for Liberal leader Mark Carney he has nearly double the votes of his Conservative challenger Barbara Bal Despite a decent lawn-sign game by Conservative Ted Opitz the Star has called the Etobicoke Centre race in favour of Liberal incumbent Yvan Baker He won with 5,589 votes (59.4 per cent.) Opitz Liberal MP for Davenport Julie Dzerowicz speaks with reporters about vandalism at her constituency office Liberal Julie Dzerowicz is projected to hang on to the west downtown Toronto riding of Davenport Dzerowicz had more than 60 per cent of the vote The NDP’s Sandra Sousa and Conservative Francois Lavoie were fighting it out for second place with both holding less than 20 per cent.It looks like a far less competitive race than in 2021 when Dzerowicz beat NDP candidate Alejandra Bravo by fewer than 200 votes Confirmed Liberal wins across the Greater Toronto Area right now Whitby Liberal MP-elect Ryan Turnbull (right) celebrated with his wife Suze and his daughter Alexis,7 after he won his riding in the federal election Oct They celebrated with a crowd of supporters at the Tap and Tankard in Whitby Results are coming in at a trickle in the GTA, with only one or two polls reporting in many ridings. But let’s look at some early results in Whitby where Liberal incumbent Ryan Turnbull is leading by 253 votes Turnbull has a strong start with 975 votes to Conservative candidate Steve Yamada’s 722 The Liberals would be happy to keep this seat With 83 of 343 races called by the Canadian Press Jagmeet Singh’s party is still without a single confirmed seat They’re leading in eight races — including five in B.C. where we’re just starting to see early results — but have seen their popular vote numbers crater They are certainly at risk of losing their official party status Pierre Poilievre’s riding of Carleton is one of the few in the entire country that isn’t reporting any vote tallies The Tory leader has held the riding for more than 20 years conservative sources recently told the Star that the federal Conservatives had dispatched staffers and volunteers for a last-minute blitz of the riding after internal polling showed their leader was vulnerable Carleton is also one of the ridings targeted by the Longest Ballot Initiative where an activist group has registered a multitude of candidates in the riding to protest Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system The ballot in Carleton has 91 candidates on it and reportedly measures nearly a meter long We’re watching Carleton, and have the vote count updating minute to minute here People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier finished in a distant second place to Conservative candidate Branden Leslie in 2023 In a career defined by humiliating defeats, Maxime Bernier has endured one more. While the results are still early, the People’s Party leader is floundering in single-digits in his home riding of Beauce Bernier has long tried to mimic Donald Trump’s illiberal and xenophobic politics and has made particular hay out of attacking transgender people It seems that the last rump of his supporters in Beauce are finally tired of him Voters across the country seem to agree: It looks as though his party could fall below 1% of the vote the DJ is playing Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown is playing I sincerely hope that this election is finally the sunset for Bernier and his miserable People’s Party The Liberals led by Mark Carney will form a fourth consecutive government Early votes are continuing to roll in in Mark Carney’s Nepean riding: With 10 of 229 polls reporting We’re starting to see our first results coming in from Ottawa’s Nepean riding where Liberal Leader Mark Carney is comfortably ahead He is not expected to have any difficulty winning the riding which has been held by a Liberal since it was created 10 years ago Prior to that it was part of a larger riding and was held by Pierre Poilievre for a decade Despite being considered a safe Liberal seat there were some grumblings when incumbent Liberal MP Chandra Arya was disqualified (he was deemed “manifestly unfit”) from running for the Liberal leadership and subsequently had his Liberal nomination revoked two days before Carney declared his candidacy in the riding There is a close race shaping up in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore Irek Kusmierczyk the Liberal incumbent is getting a strong challenge from the Conservative candidate Kathy Borrelli One-hundred-and-seventy-two seats would just get you over the line The Liberals would have to appoint a speaker in that scenario so a comfortable majority is probably north of 180 seats Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet votes on federal election day in Chambly Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is projected to win re-election in Beloeil-Chambly receiving more than double the votes of second place finisher a total of 6,713 of the 54,852 reported polls have been counted The Liberals are currently leading in 133 ridings the Bloc Québécois in 17 and the NDP in three ridings Liberal Leader Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney take in the results on election night in Ottawa Liberal leader Mark Carney is watching the results in a downtown Ottawa hotel with his family He is expected at the arena where his supporters are already celebrating a little later tonight Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on June 11 So I’m still keeping my eyes on Atlantic Canada, in hopes that it’ll tell us a bit more about how this vote will shape as the night goes on. In Terra Nova—The Peninsulas, the Conservatives had been at just over 52% about two hours ago The Canadian Press had previously called the riding for the Conservatives I suspect they will have to remove that riding from the decided column It’s important to note that returning offices can decide in what order they want to count these votes The political fate of the Etobicoke North riding, long held by Liberal Kirsty Duncan who was first elected in 2008 has now moved into the hands of Rexdale-born John Zerucelli Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty speaks during a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa David McGuinty, the latest public safety minister, has been declared the winner in his Ottawa South riding He has a long history in the riding as does his brother Dalton the former Ontario Premier With major news networks calling a Liberal government the next big question to be answered is whether Mark Carney’s party will get a minority or a majority mostly surburban area that forms a horseshoe around the city of Toronto — will help answer that question Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supporters celebrate his as he his the projected winner in the Canadian Federal Election at TD Place Arena in Ottawa Mark Carney is breathing a sigh of relief right now — not just because he’s slated to stay on as prime minister While Carney has become a much better campaigner over the course of this election I know that he’s been looking forward to switching from campaign mode to policy mode At his final campaign event in Victoria last night Carney quoted ex-New York governor Mario Cuomo: “You campaign in poetry You govern in prose.” “As the assembled media will tell you “So I’m going govern in econometrics.” I think that’s a useful window into what we’re likely to see in the coming years Read more about Carney’s victory: Mark Carney leads Liberals to a stunning turnaround in a transformed political landscape Only minutes after the major news networks called the election for the Liberals who had been trailing his Conservative challenger in Central Nova pulled ahead in the vote count for the first time all evening Fraser now has a razor-thin lead of fewer than 300 votes reacts as Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser announced he will seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference in Vaughan Carleton has been targeted by the longest ballot committee a group protesting for electoral reform by running dozens of independent candidates The ballot in Carleton is as a result almost a meter long and Elections Canada has warned results will come slower there Liberal Leader Mark Carney holds a rally in Mississauga The Liberals are projected to form government Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement in Hamilton regarding the incident at the Lapu Lapu Day block party in Vancouver The Liberal Party is projected by CTV and CBC to win the election and stay in power for a fourth consecutive term It is a stunning reversal of fortunes from just four months ago when the Liberals trailed the Conservative Party in the polls by more than 20 points and appeared destined for a blowout loss But Justin Trudeau’s resignation as party leader and prime minister – and a race upended by U.S President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to Canadian sovereignty – sparked a dramatic rise for the Liberals It will also set off a reckoning for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre whose polling lead had four months ago seemed insurmountable Poilievre largely remained committed to his message of a “lost Liberal decade” while some party insiders doubted his ability to win without pivoting They remember how Pierre Poilievre accused the mayors of Montreal and Quebec City of incompetence Quebecers can be tough on their own mayors — just ask them during construction season — but they never gave the Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition permission to do it for them he and his party could be paying the price but I spent three years studying at Université Laval in Quebec City It’s a special place — politically and otherwise the Conservatives are expected to remain solid despite Poilievre’s remarks but the region is not without its tensions It may not deliver major surprises tonight the Conservatives — entrenched in the area since the Harper years — seem poised to hold their ground Yet while the electoral map may look steady the ground beneath it is anything but simple One riding that could reveal cracks in the Conservative armour is Beauport–Limoilou Although the Bloc’s Julie Vignola narrowly held it last time the redrawing of the boundaries — incorporating a slice of suburban Beauport — has shifted the dynamics Voters in Limoilou and Beauport live in different political worlds The suburban side has long been more receptive to Conservative appeals and the Bloc’s hold on the seat is looking increasingly fragile Montmorency–Charlevoix offers another glimpse into the shifting landscape The riding now stitches together suburbs more favourable to the Conservatives with rural areas still loyal to the Bloc’s sovereigntist roots and the Conservatives could turn another seat their way Joël Lightbound’s gamble is also on the line A Liberal voice critical of his own party during the pandemic Lightbound has cultivated a distinct brand His willingness to speak out has earned him personal credibility Whether that credibility translates into votes — in an election where disillusionment runs high — remains uncertain The high turnout in advance polls could be a good sign for him — or a sign that voters are looking for something The Quebec City region may not produce an electoral earthquake tonight and Louis-Hébert could still deliver tremors — hinting at deeper undercurrents across the province Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa In Central Nova, former housing and immigration minister Sean Fraser continues to lag behind his fresh-faced Conservative challenger Brycen Jenkins Fraser initially announced he wasn’t going to run again only to reverse course and throw his hat back in the ring Fraser told me some months ago that he was convinced the Carney Liberals could keep that seat I know the Conservatives were incredibly keen on taking down Fraser — he came to symbolize Liberal failures on housing and immigration the race hasn’t been called yet and the Liberals are slowly closing the gap South Shore—St. Margarets 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings The Canadian Press is calling South Shore—St This is the first seat to flip from Conservative to Liberal in the country South Shore—St. Margarets live federal election results longtime Mississauga councillor Sue McFadden is trying to unseat Liberal MP Rechie Valdez an entrepreneur and TV personality elected in 2021 campaigned for the Conservatives on issues including tougher penalties for crime Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro campaigns in his Eglinton-Lawrence riding on election day Nobody knows how many times the words “most consequential election of our lifetime” have been used since Canada’s snap election was called in late March but we can add at least one last-minute entry from Toronto’s Eglinton-Lawrence Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro who earlier this morning tweeted those very words while posing beside a ‘vote’ sign in a red jacket and sneakers Follow full results for the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence here Pierre Poilievre ducks question about whether he trusts polls that show him trailing Mark Carney Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May arrives early as results start to come in on election night at the Church and State Winery in Brentwood Bay all polls across the country have now closed and results will continue to roll in Millions of votes have been cast and hundreds of seats are still up for grabs In addition to Jagmeet Singh’s seat in Burnaby South there are a couple of interesting ridings here People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier attends a rally in Calgary both times to his Conservative replacement Bernier’s father held the riding as a Progressive Conservative for three terms in the 80s and 90s as part of Brian Mulroney’s government and then in opposition to Jean Chretien’s Liberals he also quit the conservatives and sat as an independent before being named Canada’s ambassador to Haiti As the results come in from Châteauguay–Les Jardins-de-Napierville it came down to the wire — a razor-thin victory for the Liberals with just 0.02 per cent separating them from the Bloc Québécois Nathalie Provost is trying to hold the seat She’s a survivor of the 1989 Polytechnique massacre and a widely respected voice for violence prevention Her candidacy should have been a strong statement — especially in a province where memory of Polytechnique runs deep trying to highlight Provost’s candidacy on the trail managed to both butcher her name — calling her “Nathalie Pronovost” — and confuse the Polytechnique shooting with the Concordia University shootings framing it as proof of Liberal disconnect with Quebec’s history and wounds The question tonight is whether the misstep cuts into Provost’s support — or whether the sympathy and admiration she commands gave her an unexpected boost in a riding already too close to call it won’t just be because of the Liberal brand It will be because Nathalie Provost’s personal story resonates more deeply than a leader’s mistake NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh arrives for a campaign event with Port Moody-Coquitlam NDP candidate Bonita Zarrillo and volunteers on election day their odds of successfully mounting a bid probably goes down a fair bit Final voter turnout numbers are expected to be much larger than previous elections Reader Lisa says she saw lots of young people cast their ballots at her local polling station today. “From what I observed they seemed very excited to be voting!” Domestic issues like the cost of living housing and jobs are top of mind for young voters Here’s more on the youth vote, and how voter turnout is shaping up for this federal election. Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser joins Mark Carney at a campaign event in Elmsdale When the long-time federal Liberal riding of Toronto—St. Paul’s voted Conservative last year many saw it as a flashing (blue) warning that voters were mightily displeased with the ruling party Polls have just closed across much of Canada – including Quebec so obviously a lot of ridings have to go your way in Canada’s largest province if you want to win an election Here are some of the ones we will have our eyes on tonight: Manitoba actually has a mix of Conservatives as the province describes itself on license plates is also a very reliably Conservative place The party has held all the seats here since 2019 when the lone Liberal in the province is one that could flip from the Conservatives and certainly the Liberals hope to take it back The other interesting riding in the province is Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River The realignment of the ridings that Elections Canada did could make the riding more competitive Alberta is another largely Conservative province though there was one NDP MP and two Liberals representing ridings when Parliament was dissolved and Liberal Leader Mark Carney participate in the English-language federal leaders’ debate in Montreal on April 17 One thing that’s becoming clear as the vote totals in Atlantic Canada come in: This election is a two-way race. The NDP have doing even worse than the polls suggested, while the Greens are trending at the low end of where we thought they’d be in Atlantic Canada This is giving us some unexpected results — two surprise victories for the Conservatives in Newfoundland & Labrador We’ll see if this holds as Ontario and Quebec comes in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a rally at the Embassy Grand Convention Centre and Banquet Hall in Brampton on April 9 Brampton is always an interesting city to watch as it is a fast-growing city and its large South Asian diaspora is a bloc that both parties target and can change allegiances Former PC leadership contender Patrick Brown serving as the city’s Mayor and just a few months ago all five Provincial ridings were won by Doug Ford’s PC Party of Ontario Even though Pierre Poilievre held large rallies here while the many PC challengers look to be competitive the longtime Liberal incumbents seemed poised to hang onto their seats It is Brampton Centre which looks to be the closest race a 23-year-old recent University graduate who is taking on Conservative newcomer Taran Chahal That might be the Conservatives best chance of flipping a seat here But if the Conservatives are to mount any sort of real gains in seats I’m going to be watching results in Quebec and posting interesting developments here There are few places where the national narrative of a miraculous rise in Liberal voting intentions over the last few weeks plays out more dramatically than Quebec the Bloc Québécois were flying high in the polls while the Liberals were down at 21 per cent the parties had traded places and the trend continued the Liberals were polling at 43 per cent and the Bloc was down at 24 per cent the Conservatives haven’t budged much from their low to mid 20 per cent support So the Bloc’s seat count tonight will largely determine how well the Liberals do in Quebec Other than the three-way race in Trois-Rivières there are three leaders running in Quebec: Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet in Beloeil-Chambly Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault in Outremont and People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier in Beauce – the riding both he and his father once held BAR MENU The bar menu at the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters on election at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa A domestic beer was priced at $9.25 plus 13% HST The room is slowly filling out over at Conservative headquarters in Ottawa The mood is an interesting one here: some attendees assumed a clearer CPC sweep would be evident by now the party is doing better than expected in Atlantic Canada But because expectations here are quite heightened Staffers here are tight-lipped on estimations for a final seat count But they do say they’ve brought in a wave of new voters for the party The Canadian Press is calling another flip for the Conservatives That’s a second flip from red to blue in Newfoundland As we wait for the avalanche of ridings to report here’s a thought for Chrystia Freeland: whoever wins tonight the Liberal Party of Canada’s online boutique might want to start selling T-shirts that read “CHRYSTIA WAS RIGHT ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING.” When Chrystia Freeland delivered her resignation letter to Justin Trudeau on December 16 — just hours before the government’s economic update — she set in motion the drama that ultimately saved the Liberals from near oblivion western and northern Canada relatively soon Poll workers at each station will count the votes in front of witnesses the poll workers will give the results by phone to the returning officer The officer then immediately enters them into the election results application With polls set to close across the 905 shortly we will be watching the results in this key battleground region very closely Many races in York Region are expected to be close Liberal Leader Mark Carney spent a lot of time campaigning there in the last days of the race Doug Ford says he is not interested in Pierre Poilievre’s job reacts with NDP candidate NDP candidate Bhutila Karpoche as he attends a campaign event with supporters during the federal election in Toronto on Monday There may be no other riding in Toronto that illustrates the inherent risk of political timing than Taiaiako’n–Parkdale—High Park Popular NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche resigned her seat last fall to run federally – months before a newly-elected President Donald Trump became obsessed with tariffs and annexing Canada leading many NDP voters to align behind new Liberal leader Mark Carney and just to give you a bit of data about how the vote count is affecting the parties results: the Conservative have declined about three points from 52 per cent to 49 per cent with the Liberals gaining 43.6 per cent to 46.5 per cent In Central Newfoundland (which the Conservatives are projected to keep) they slid from 62.5 per cent to 58.5 per cent with the Liberals growing 35 per cent to 39 per cent This is just to say that this seems to suggest that early returns favor the Conservatives This is roughly what we’ve seen in the 2021 election as well NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh chimed in on his social media with a motivational post quoting the late former leader Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” It’s a mantra Singh has invoked consistently throughout his time as leader and even in this election and it will resonate tonight as New Democrats anxiously await the consequential election results the few New Democrats present at the party’s HQ in Burnaby are in positive spirits even as early results from the Atlantic show the party’s support plummeted in the region New Democrats are cautiously optimistic they will maintain official party status tonight and it may be in British Columbia where that will ultimately be decided Their consulting businesses thrive on electoral victories and a win boosts their brand and influence This isn’t just politics; it’s a cutthroat business where tonight’s outcome will reverberate through their careers and the Conservative strategy playbook for years to come Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings I think we’ll get a clearer sense of where Atlantic Canada stands very shortly But we’re likely to watch four seats flip back-and-forth for a little bit yet it looks like the Conservatives are over-performing in some more rural ridings but that the Liberals are still on track for growth And a little bit of caution to avoid reading too much into the results in Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj given that only part of this riding has finished voting (Most of the riding is in Quebec’s time zone.) I know that the Liberals know this would be a tough fight with the Bloc — particularly because redistricting made this riding more Bloc-leaning — but that they were confident they would keep Diane Lebouthillier in her seat that would be a sign that things are going sideways for the Liberals Liberal headquarters as polls have just closed across Canada the feeling is very much “wait and see.” The huge TV screen in the middle of the room is switching between CBC and Radio-Canada’s live election coverage Some Liberal staff are huddled in the arena bleachers it’s just a bevy of journalists trying to figure out what’s going to happen I don’t see any candidates from the Liberals yet on the floor of the rink What I’ve heard by texting some Liberals is that there is still optimism that they could even attain a majority government tonight Elections Canada says that no polling locations in Ontario will be open past the scheduled 9:30 p.m voters who are in line before 9:30 will be able to vote regardless of how long the line is Diane Lebouthillier during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday The early results in Atlantic Canada aren’t a perfect barometer for the rest of the country but they can serve as a canary in the coal mine the Liberals can’t be pleased: the red wave hasn’t reached as far as they had hoped the Bloc’s lead over incumbent Diane Lebouthillier in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine hints that Québec could deliver its share of unexpected twists Follow full results for the riding of Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj here People cast their votes in a snap federal election at Sir Sanford Fleming School on April 28 Some voters across the country are continuing to experience difficulties accessing Elections Canada’s website voters are encouraged to check their voter information cards contact local Elections Canada office or call Elections Canada at 1-800-463-6868 (toll free) and Liberal Leader Mark Carney talk following the English-language federal leaders’ debate in Montreal on April 17 One phrase you’re likely to hear a lot as the night goes on: “Vote efficiency.” The Conservatives have been hopeful that the Liberal popular vote would be concentrated in urban ridings and places where the NDP is normally strong The Liberals think Conservative support in the polls may be concentrated in ridings they already hold The NDP are hopeful they have vote efficiency: It’s how they’ll hang on to some of their incumbents While the Conservatives can boast of an early flip in Newfoundland (and may yet get another) the Liberals are giving the Conservatives a run for their money in the Nova Scotia riding of South Shore—St where incumbent Rick Perkins is in a virtual tie with challenger Jessica Fancy-Landry nearly with half the votes counted Follow full results for the riding of South Shore—St. Margarets here NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gave the keynote address at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Halifax Saturday morning New Democrats got 17.3 per cent of the vote in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021 but only have five per cent of the vote in the province at this point It’s unlikely that will dampen the mood too much here at NDP HQ While New Democrats opened the election hoping to flip the Liberal ridings of Halifax and St the party pivoted its focus elsewhere as the campaign went on It certainly appears the NDP will be shut out of Atlantic Canada for the second election in a row Things are very tight in Terra Nova—The Peninsulas where the Conservatives are hoping to take a second seat in Newfoundland from the Liberals Conservative Jonathan Rowe is leading by a few hundred votes over Liberal Anthony Germain Get minute by minute results for the riding of Terra Nova here There are 91 candidates on the ballot in Carleton Pierre Poilievre’s Ottawa-area riding A high voter turnout at the advance polls and the size of the ballot will affect the counting of the votes in the riding It takes about five times longer to count the long ballots than regular-size ballots NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sits with his wife Gurkiran Kaur and their daughters Dani Kaur and Anhad Kaur in a hotel room while watching election results on television I think we’ll need to wait until some of these Newfoundland and Labrador seats finish counting to properly understand the tempo of the results chiefly: do they tilt Conservative at first the Liberals are nearly touching 50 per cent a little bit behind where pollsters had them in Atlantic Canada over recent days seem to be doing quite a bit better than where the polls put them NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Toronto on March 25 2025; Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Winnipeg on April 1 2025 and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Kingston I have to admit: I’m fascinated by polling it’s remarkably similar to quantitative market research — you survey a large representative sample to draw statistically significant conclusions about the broader market You don’t get the entire market of loyal and prospective consumers to actually show up at schools and community centres to fill out the questionnaire you find out — unequivocally — whether the research firm telling you that 43% of the market preferred your brand was spot-on Tonight, we’ll find out just how accurate the pollsters have been Liberals 41% | Conservatives 39% | NDP 10% | Bloc 6% Liberals 43% | Conservatives 39% | NDP 8% | Bloc 6% Liberals 45% | Conservatives 40% | NDP 7% | Bloc 6% Liberals 41% | Conservatives 38% | NDP 10% | Bloc 6% Conservatives wrap up ‘wild election’ asking voters to choose change Central Newfoundland 2025 federal election live results. Browse live results for all 343 ridings The Liberals have now lost two races in Newfoundland in the first two calls of the night They were hoping to pick up Central Newfoundland and hold onto Long Range Mountains Mark Carney had made a trip to the Central Newfoundland community of Gander in the first week of the campaign Early results show tight race in federal election as Tories take Newfoundland seat Just a couple more hours until the NDP election night party will be starting staff and volunteers will start trickling in after 7 p.m But we won’t hear or see from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh for a while after likely not until past midnight EST when we know the results of the 43 seats in B.C the NDP’s only stronghold and where Singh hopes to keep his own seat Those results will be a critical marker of the NDP’s performance in this election even if we have an answer on who will form government before then For now, Singh is watching the election results come in with his wife Gurkiran and their two little girls which has nearly as much space for media and broadcasters as it does for attendees to actually stand in I can count nine Canadian flags in the room including a large one likely to be used as a backdrop for photo ops which was also present on March 23 when Singh launched his campaign Here’s where you can find the latest results for Jagmeet Singh’s riding, Burnaby Central The Canadian Press is calling the country’s first flip The Newfoundland riding of Long Range Mountains has been won by Conservative candidate Carol Anstey The riding was previously held by the Liberals Get live results for the riding of Long Range Mountains in Newfoundland Here at the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters Staffers say they expect tonight’s events to start out slowly before picking up as the night goes on Two massive screens on either side of the stage are projecting election results The party is cycling through every news channel — including CBC Every time a favourable Conservative result pops up on screen Opinion | To survive Donald Trump and the threat of separation the next prime minister must unite Canadians Elections Canada have started live-streaming the preliminary results of the votes from polling stations across the country 516 polls out of 4,777 closed polling stations were counted There’s about a half an hour left to vote in Ontario. Readers in the comments are predicting a Liberal win but are split between whether that will be a minority or majority government Right now, the the Conservatives have secured 10 out of the 343 seats up for grabs. The Liberals have 22. You can check the Star’s live results map to look up your riding and see who’s in the lead. Mark Carney’s Liberals get ready for election night in Ottawa there are giant screens and a stage set up on the covered ice of a hockey rink with dark curtains and dim lights — and maybe the ice under the temporary floorboards — making it feel cool and empty inside Every now and then a technician would test the sound or blast a few measures of Carney campaign music including his oft-used Coeur de Pirate tune We’re all watching the results trickle in waiting for more action to get going here at Liberal HQ The official start time of tonight’s event is 9:30 p.m so I expect things here to pick up over the next hour It’s a riding Small won by just 281 votes in 2021 and Conservatives will be happy to have picked it up again With about a third of polling locations reporting Conservative MP Clifford Small rises during Question Period in Ottawa Find the full results for Central Newfoundland as they update throughout the evening Podcasts haven’t shaped the campaign here the way they have in the U.S While Donald Trump’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast made waves and was amplified by traditional media Canadian political figures haven’t leveraged podcasts to the same extent a figure who often aligns with conservative views appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast and made a surprising pivot by highlighting Mark Carney’s strengths this wasn’t so much a departure from partisan politics as it was an attempt to position himself as a knowledgeable voice for his primarily American audience By discussing Carney’s potential influence and global connections Peterson might have inadvertently handed the Liberals a subtle advantage So we’re starting to see results posted in a number of ridings with thousands of votes in from some Newfoundland & Labrador ridings and because we’re likely to see a big disparity between early and election day vote (which tend to get counted separately) it’s too early to draw any conclusions But keep your eyes on those three blue ridings on the island of Newfoundland: Coming into today the Conservatives only held one of those ridings that could be a sign that the Conservatives are over-performing the polls or it could be a sign of the independent streak on “The Rock” — in particular crab fishers have been upset about cuts to their quotas that both Poilievre and Carney have campaigned in target seats in recent weeks which looked like an effort to hold onto the three seats they have there; while Carney was just recently in Truro as he tries to win back Cumberland—Colchester The Liberals are far less ambitious in New Brunswick Carney just held a rally in Fredericton with their star candidate (Who is running back because incumbent Jenica Atwin isn’t re-offering.) They think that if they pick up any seat there I know the Conservatives had been hopeful to win a seat on Prince Edward Island especially with their pledge to “axe the tolls” on the Confederation Bridge but I would be surprised to see that result come through for them A few readers in the comment section have asked about online voting Phillip Earle the Liberal candidate in Labrador is being declared the winner with about a third of polls reporting You wonder what candidates are busy doing in the last couple of hours before the polls close University-Rosedale incumbent Liberal Chrystia Freeland is on social media telling supporters Make your voice heard.” Ditto with her Conservative opponent Liz Grade who was out delivering lawn signs over the weekend “Now it’s your move,” she wrote on X as the sun was setting more quickly “Get on the court and play — VOTE NOW!” As early polling numbers in Atlantic Canada are coming in we’re keeping a close eye on the Central Newfoundland seat held by Conservative MP Clifford Small Small won his seat in 2021 by just 281 votes and Conservatives will be looking to edge out the Liberals once again The Liberals held the six other ridings in the province entering the election Small is currently leading Liberal rival Lynette Powell With Neil Young publicly endorsing Mark Carney don’t be surprised if “Heart of Gold” makes an appearance at tonight’s Liberal gathering Carney also nodded to Quebec culture on “Tout le monde en parle,” citing Cœur de pirate as a favourite artist — making “Comme des enfants” another fitting choice It’s a playlist less about marching to a slogan and more about surviving the journey It’s also clear the Liberals learned from 2019’s misfire when their hopeful anthem “One Hand Up” by The Strumbellas was clumsily adapted in French as Une main haute — a version so awkward it was widely mocked as meaning “Remove One Hand.” Hand-wringing ensued and the band politely distanced themselves from the whole affair Toronto’s Martha and the Muffins are calling on Pierre Poilievre to stop using their hit “Echo Beach” at campaign rallies without permission Despite sending a cease-and-desist request last month They should have axed the song before it made news Elections Canada says its website is having technical problems and people in certain regions are reporting not being able to access the site The official results that are flowing out to news websites via a back-end process are still operational and Elections Canada says it is working to restore full access for everyone as soon as possible The Liberal HQ party is at a hockey rink in Ottawa but the boards are still up and I imagine the Liberal campaign is happy with the imagery For a guy who repeatedly claimed he was “staying out of it,” Premier Doug Ford seemed to be a constant presence in the federal election campaign – mostly by seeming to help Liberal Leader Mark Carney As reported by the Star on March 20, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre finally reached out to the Progressive Conservative premier on March 17 for the first time ever In an interview published Sunday with Politico’s Jonathan Martin Ford was asked why Poilievre didn’t “make the effort” to call him earlier “You’re going to have to ask him that But I think it’s common sense when you’re in an election you reach across to as many people as you can,” said the premier noting the federal Tory leader also doesn’t have a relationship with Nova Scotia PC Premier Tim Houston who posited that “somebody put a gun to his head” for Poilievre to call “That’s exactly what happened,” said the premier Just a note we are seeing a lot of ridings starting to post results but they are coming in a few polls at a time Ridings can have over 200 individual polls so when we only have a few it may not reflect what’s actually happening A riding that is a mix of towns and rural areas may see different results from those two areas Some polls might have a concentration of one party’s supporters that can skew things in the early going Canadians have a wealth of platforms to follow tonight’s election results from the Toronto Star to a myriad of networks But a special nod goes to the folks at CBC who are watching with an added layer of interest With Pierre Poilievre’s vow to defund the CBC tonight’s outcome isn’t just political — it’s personal And let’s not forget our friends at Radio-Canada who are equally curious about how one could defund the CBC without somehow impacting them Elections Canada signage is seen as voters arrive at a polling station on Election Day in Halifax on Monday Results for the region are now expected to trickle in with 25 seats up for grabs 10 seats in New Brunswick and four seats in Prince Edward Island Abacus Data CEO David Coletto told the Star during the campaign it’s difficult for either the Liberals or Conservatives to form a majority without a strong showing here A year ago they looked headed to lose these ridings Seven were in Liberal hands when Parliament was dissolved three were Conservative and one — the riding of Halifax — was vacant and in the middle of a by-election Two Conservative ridings to watch tonight are Cumberland—Colchester and South Shore—St The Conservatives won these ridings pretty convincingly in the 2021 election but they were previously in the Liberal fold and if the Conservatives lose we could be witnessing another Liberal Atlantic sweep Another interesting riding to watch will be Central Nova where former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is running Fraser announced he would not be running in this election but he changed his mind in the first week of the campaign and Carney visited him for an event the Liberals held six of those ridings and the Conservatives held four When Mark Carney first hit the campaign trail — first running for the Liberal leadership and then in the general election — he was awkward and just not attuned to the nature of retail politics A prime example: When he first started working rooms of Canadians he had a bad habit of shaking one voter’s hand while already turning to look at the next person in the reception line it wasn’t clear that he had the pizzazz nor the stamina to make this campaign work for him Carney has learned the ropes pretty quickly His supporters now regularly offer him well-intentioned heckles — shouting things like “elbows up!“ big daddy!” He’s learned how to roll with those spontaneous calls These aren’t characteristics that anyone expected Carney to adopt And I can tell you that the rooms of Liberals in Windsor Saskatoon and Victoria who turned out to see Carney this weekend were some of the most energetic we’ve seen to date Carney looked ready to keep going — even as the journalists travelling with him were ready to fall asleep on their feet has been consistent: And Conservatives think that’s a huge asset He looks and sounds today more-or-less as he did two-and-a-half years ago when he was first elected leader of his party Poilievre sounds the same in English as he does in French His stump speech is virtually the same whether he’s in Petty Harbour Newfoundland & Labrador or whether he’s in Nanaimo He’s managed to reach people who had given up on politics and young voters who feel like they can’t get ahead and union halls with thousands of working class voters who are extremely receptive to his message While Poilievre has eschewed a lot of the normal aspects of campaigning these rallies have been the oxygen for his campaign Poilievre’s strategy would have likely worked quite well against Justin Trudeau as Carney told Poilievre during the debate: “Justin Trudeau isn’t here.” Let’s spare a thought for the families of those Liberals who had announced they wouldn’t seek re-election Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser said he would step away to spend more time with his family — only to change his mind and seek re-election Transport Minister Anita Anand initially declared her intent to return to academia but reversed course a couple of months later Politics has a way of pulling people back in — especially when duty calls and the odds start looking better than before or “the 905,” has long been a Liberal-Conservative battleground and will be a key region to watch as votes come in tonight The GTA holds 34 seats — more than all four Atlantic provinces combined (with 32) and nearly as many as Alberta (with 37) the 905 is made up of the densely populated regions outside the city of Toronto Wins and losses in the region often determine which party holds power and whether they end up with a majority or minority government The 905 has traditionally had low voter turnout only 48.6 per cent of voters cast a ballot in the 2021 federal election — the lowest in the country Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney have both spent a lot of time campaigning in the region in recent weeks Poilievre visited an auto parts plant in Vaughan and held a rally in Oshawa Carney spent this past weekend in York Region speaking at an art gallery in Aurora and a coffee shop in Newmarket A background note for readers outside of the GTA: “the 905” is a nickname based on the region’s most common telephone area code Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre during a campaign rally in Trenton This campaign kicked off with the Conservatives trying to brand Mark Carney as a Justin Trudeau clone They assumed that simply equating “Mark” with “Justin” would do the trick much like their past successes at defining opponents early The Conservatives’ own leader-centric mindset They framed everything around their leader — and assumed the only way to define an opponent was through the same lens Tying Carney to Trudeau seemed like an easy shortcut But Canadians quickly saw that Carney isn’t Trudeau 2.0 but the staff — the party machine and its architects behind the scenes — largely stayed the same The miscalculation wasn’t about Carney himself; it was about thinking the same old playbook would work The attack shouldn’t have been limited to Carney It should have been about “Team Carney.” The polls have closed in Newfoundland and the first results are expected shortly There are seven ridings in the province and before the election The one outlier was Central Newfoundland which the Conservatives held before the election Conservative MP Clifford Small won it in 2021 with a tight margin of just 281 votes The Conservatives will definitely be looking to hold onto that riding and I’m sure they hope to pick up other seats on the rock as well famous for its response to 9/11 when dozens of planes were forced to land there Liberal leader Mark Carney visited Gander in one of his first campaign stops Lawn signs for Toronto Liberal candidate Rob Oliphant  Sometimes those looking for signs of a campaign’s strategy can simply look at lawn signs Take Don Valley West incumbent Rob Oliphant One sign simply says “Re-elect Rob Oliphant” with the Liberal logo—probably designed and printed when the best hope was simply to hold on and avoid a wipeout there’s a bright yellow “Team Carney” sticker slapped on top the campaign shifts from survival mode to riding the wave of a new brand evolution in politics is all about adapting on the fly — even if it means stickering your signs and hoping for the best Autoworker Angely Labo works in the body shop producing the Chevrolet Silverado Trump’s tariffs threats loom loudest in areas like Oshawa where automobile manufacturing has been eroding for years “We are into this tariff situation which could lead to the biggest industrial crisis we have ever seen,” said Jeff Gray president of Local 222 in Oshawa earlier in this campaign While most polls had Liberal Leader Mark Carney as the leader best suited to take on Trump and his tariffs Oshawa has an interesting history as a riding It flipped to the Liberal as Ivan Grose represented the area from 1993 to 2004 it’s been held by longtime Conservative Colin Carrie who is after 20 years in the seat decided not to seek re-election this time New Conservative candidate Rhonda Kirkland was leading Liberal Isaac Ransom in the polls and it was projected to be a seat held by the party Just north in the newly created riding of Bowmanville-Oshawa North who is the current MP for Durham is also projected to hold his seat Jivani is a former broadcaster and right-leaning personality who is also known to be very close with U.S although he too has advocated for fighting the U.S The growing 905 communities tend to flip flop between the Liberal and Conservative parties and both have been courting votes in this area as boundary changes have reshaped some ridings meaning some sitting candidates are now running in new ridings and it remains to be seen how that will play out Conservative candidate Jamil Javani won the byelection in Durham but is now running in Bowmanville-Oshawa North where he’s been polling ahead of Bridget Girard a former public school trustee and Markham city councillor is taking on Alicia Viangi in Pickering—Brooklin which used to be half of Pickering—Uxbridge held by Liberal Jennifer O’Connell since 2015 the new riding of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park sees Shafqat Ali chief executive of a private business school Liberal Anita Anand who reconsidered her plans to leave politics will be running in the newly formed Oakville East after her riding was shuffled to create two others Anand will face off against Conservative candidate Ron Chhinzer A large segment of the community is also putting their weight behind the local NDP candidate which could serve as a challenge for the former cabinet minister The scene at the Conservative Party’s HQ for the evening which is being held in downtown Ottawa’s Rogers Centre This is the room where Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to deliver his victory or concession speech later this evening Sound and light checks are underway before the space opens to the public in about an hour That part in and of itself is interesting: anyone who wants to attend was able to register online A live election blog isn’t the ideal place for a deep dive into Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet’s recent declaration that Canada is an “artificial country.” Blanchet took heat for the comment but refused to apologize — instead doubling down it’s hard not to think of a concept from family law that might have resonated more with Quebec voters: the idea of two partners living separate and apart under the same roof for economic reasons Does that make it an “artificial” home But it’s a more nuanced analogy — and one that might have served Blanchet better given Quebec’s complex relationship with the rest of Canada We’ll soon learn whether Blanchet’s stark framing connected with Quebec voters in those too-close-to-call ridings We’re just under 30 minutes away from the first polls closing in Newfoundland Party leaders have spent their days voting and responding to U.S President Donald Trump’s assertion yet again that Canada should become the 51st state Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told Trump to “stay out of our election.” Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney wrote “This is Canada – and we decide what happens here.” NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Trump “doesn’t choose our future Because Carney lives in Ottawa’s Rockcliffe neighbourhood — not the Nepean riding where he is running — he could not vote for himself Singh stopped by a busy intersection in Port Moody to pump up some NDP volunteers in his last public appearance of the election Liberal Leader Mark Carney casts his vote in Ottawa on Monday where the Liberals are holding their election night party — a soirée which will be rebranded a “victory party” pretty shortly I was with Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Victoria here’s where things stand as we await the polls to close and the first results come in The Liberals are feeling incredibly bullish about their odds tonight the campaign had identified about 28 seats across the country that they saw as crucial pickups — over the course of the campaign I believe Carney has visited each of those ridings once That list in the eastern half of the country includes the only Conservative seat in Newfoundland and Labrador held by Conservative Clifford Small; two-to-three seats in Nova Scotia; and a seat in New Brunswick The Liberals also expect their growth in Quebec to come exclusively from Bloc-held ridings: If you see ridings like Trois-Rivères and Rivière-du-Nord turn red then the Liberals are adding a lot of notches in their column And then you’ve got ridings scattered around Ontario including Peterborough where the Liberals hope Trump-anxiety dominates the day Those are the seats to watch early in the evening “We’re not expecting a wave,” one Liberal told me this evening but if you’re seeing them pick up these ridings things are going according to plan for them A perfect sign of the vibes is what’s going on in Pierre Poilievre’s Carleton riding A source near Premier Doug Ford told me weeks ago that their data shows Poilievre losing his seat — and the Liberals have allowed themselves to get that ambitious I’m told Liberal staff and resources have been sent into the suburban Ottawa riding as the Liberals hope Poilievre’s personal unpopularity and his support for the Freedom Convoy hurt him with his constituents While some Conservatives I talk to remain optimistic that there are scores of shy Conservative voters out there who will many seem to think they’re heading for a bruising defeat Blame is already being assigned to campaign manager Jenni Byrne for picking fights with conservative premiers and politicians including Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston the Conservatives went all-in on the idea that Poilievre himself would expand the Conservative base: cannibalizing the People’s Party Poilievre’s caustic style has seemingly become a drag on his party — leading some Conservatives to wonder why Byrne failed to pivot weeks ago This dour mood will mean that if the Conservatives can hold their ground If Poilievre can keep his seat and beat back a Liberal advances near Quebec City and in Edmonton — while picking up seats at the expense of the NDP in British Columbia — Poilievre can spin tonight as a marginal win this campaign has been a disaster for them Leader Jagmeet Singh made so much of his campaign about what he doesn’t want — corporate landlords reductions in EI benefits — that he failed to make a case for what he does want Singh will be in an incredibly tough fight to save his seat the recent Ontario election shows the power of the NDP’s ground game in its ability to protect its incumbents And the party is cautiously optimistic that it could return Ruth Ellen Brosseau to Parliament in Berthier—Maskinongé and elect popular MPP Bhutila Karpoche in Taiaiako’n—Parkdale—High Park And finally there are the Greens: It’s a complete toss-up whether Elizabeth May can keep her seat in Saanich—Gulf Islands where Carney was last night; and it’s also unclear whether Mike Morrice can hang on in Kitchener Centre While co-leader Jonathan Pedneault campaigned hard in Outremont it’ll be a tough climb for him to turn the riding green The Toronto band Martha and the Muffins is calling on Pierre Poilievre to stop using “Echo Beach” at his campaign rallies without their authorization Members of the group say they’ve been told the Conservative Party of Canada has been playing their 1980 new wave hit at some campaign events despite the musicians asking them to stop last month Representatives for the Conservative party did not respond to a request for comment Band member Mark Gane says he first learned Poilievre’s campaign had used “Echo Beach” after reading a story in a local Sudbury newspaper earlier this year He says his manager then sent a cease and desist request to the Conservative party Read the full story from the Canadian Press here. the subject of a protest by the Longest Ballot Committee and all ballots are counted by two election workers in front of witnesses usually the candidates or their representatives according to information provided by Elections Canada These votes are then recorded on a paper document called the “Statement of the Vote,” which is then entered into Elections Canada’s results aggregation and reporting system This allows the votes to be posted online and provided to media outlets in real time A returning officer validates the votes in each riding a few nights after election night and compares them to the reporting system and the Statement of the Vote Once verified in front of the candidates or representatives a certificate with the number of votes is given to the Chief Electoral Officer Votes cast during the advanced polling days are counted at your local Elections Canada office on election day Due to the record high turnout of advanced voting there has been an adjustment for this election made by Perrault to allow advanced ballots to counted beginning two hours before polls close These votes will be cast behind closed doors and will not be shared until after all polls have closed are counted only after a verification process including matching unique identifiers to the voter’s application electoral district and signature of declaration on the envelopment If any steps in the verification process fails Special ballots are “counted in waves,” or entered into the aggregation and reporting system in batches on election night and in the days following if necessary Special ballots returned to a local Elections Canada office will be counted there on election night after polls closed while all those mailed to Ottawa’s main Elections Canada office will be counted there More information on how votes are cast and other questions about voting can be found on Elections Canada’s “ElectoFacts” page Voters casting their ballots at Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto—Centre have been taking their right to vote seriously “It’s just something that responsible citizens should do,” Justin Sahota told the Star When asked why it was important to exercise the right to vote “because I have it,” and she knows not everyone can say the same Though she missed past opportunities to vote while out of the country said she was “really happy to be able to do something (that demonstrates) what I believe in and the people I want to protect.” The full promise tracker also covers commitments on jobs, tariffs, defence and the environment. Find the full promise tracker here NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh responds to United States President Donald Trump’s comments earlier on Monday about the Canadian election by posting on X asking voters to “never back down.” where the NDP is setting up a base of operations Here is the view from the hotel ballroom in Burnaby being set up to serve as the NDP’s headquarters tonight The election night event is expected to begin around 7 p.m I’m told it’ll be quite a while before we see or hear from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh tonight where the NDP holds half of its incumbents seats That means it’ll be a while before we find out the NDP’s fate tonight Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife arrive to cast their vote on election day on April 28 Liberal leader Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney who live in Ottawa’s leafy Rockcliffe neighbourhood just voted in the Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester riding where they are resident which is currently represented by a Liberal Carney is instead running in another suburban Ottawa riding casually in a dark jacket and white shirt mimed a nervous reaction beforehand when he looked at cameras The day after a Canadian election that has hinged on how best to combat American trade tariffs President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan to celebrate the first 100 days of his second term in office “This will be a historic rally you won’t want to miss,” the registration website for the rally promised Michigan is the beating heart of America’s automotive manufacturing industry one that Trump has promised to resurrect with tariffs on foreign-made imports as voters were headed to the polling stations The Liberals have opened up their election night HQ In the coming hours we can expect the place to get rammed with media and supporters with Carney and others set to address the audience later tonight Conservative and Liberal party leaders have responded on social media to U.S President Donald Trumps comments earlier Monday on Truth Social Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre posted to X telling Trump to “stay out of our election.”  “The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box,” he wrote adding that Canada will never be the 51st state Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney posted a video to X addressing Canadians anxiety over current relations with the United States and the ongoing Tariff War “This is Canada and we decide what happens here This is Canada — and we decide what happens here. pic.twitter.com/1baJGn7pwv Green Party Co-Leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault nor Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-F Blanchet have yet to post a response to Trumps most recent comments Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet checks in as he arrives to vote at a polling place on federal election day in Chambly MONTREAL - Voters are heading to the polls in Quebec where the Liberals are trying to gain enough seats to clinch a majority government and the Bloc Québécois is hoping an eleventh-hour bump in support will be enough to claim the balance of power The campaign in Quebec has been a tough slog for Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet who has watched his party lose ground to the Liberals as U.S President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and annexation dominated headlines the Bloc appeared to be at risk of keeping fewer than the 12 seats it will need to maintain official party status The Liberals seemed poised to win close to 50 of the province’s 78 seats which would have been the party’s best showing in decades Read the full story here from the Canadian Press An Elections Canada “Vote” sign points the way to Swansea Town Hall in Toronto on Monday TORONTO - Voters across the country head to the polls in the federal election today parties will be closely watching the Greater Toronto Area which includes the city itself and surrounding areas such as Peel has an abundance of seats and could help turn the tide in what is widely seen as a two-horse race People in some ridings reliably vote in the same party every time but the region also contains a lot of swing ridings Full story here from the Canadian Press BURNABY - After spending much of the election campaign working to keep staffers’ morale high in the face of grim polls NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh paused his campaign Sunday to confront a shocking tragedy — a vehicle attack on a Vancouver community event that left 11 people dead about ten minutes before the attack took place He’d taken photos with families and danced with festival goers I was there literally minutes before this happened how much it was a family event,” Singh said in Penticton and then to have such a horrific thing happen … I keep on replaying it.” Read the full story here from the Canadian Press It was a busy morning at the polling station inside the Sheraton Hotel on Queen Street West By the afternoon the crowd had thinned out and the short line was moving swiftly Trouble from south of the border was top of mind for many voters as they entered the booth “The rise of fascism in other countries has been very terrifying and I think it’d be irresponsible of me as a Canadian to not go out of my way and vote,” Nuvya Babbar told the Star we need to be leaders on the international stage when it comes to showing the world that we will not bend to the rise of fascism and these really toxic populist ideologies that sow a lot of discontent.” saying “picking a candidate that is best suited to deal with the United States and President Trump,” was his main priority Although she’s lived in the same home for 16 years Allyson Bradley said she received two voter information cards with two different polling stations But when she arrived at Saw Mills Valley Public School in her riding of Mississauga-Erin Mills this morning at 9:30 a.m she was one of many people told they were not registered to vote and had to re-register The line of people waiting to re register probably had 40 or 50 people in it,” Bradley said “About three quarters of us got rerouted to the you have to re register line Bradley said when she did finally get to vote she kept receiving misinformation from poll workers “you had to mark your ballots with a black marker or it didn’t count no black markers at any of the little voting booths.” who also received two different voter information cards took part in the advanced polls and had no issues The Star reached out to Elections Canada for comment but has not received a response Voters are designated to vote at the polling station stated on their voter information card. They can also find their designated polling station using Election Canada’s Voter Information Service online. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gives a pep talk to volunteers ahead of the final get out the vote effort in the tight contest in Port Moody where incumbent Bonita Zarrillo is hoping to reclaim a seat in Parliament It’s just past 8 a.m local time from a busy intersection in Port Moody where just over a dozen New Democrats and incumbent Bonita Zarrillo are waving signs - including one that says “BC Votes NDP to Stop Conservatives” - at passing cars NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make a whistlestop shortly It’ll be his final public event before election night People here are optimistic about their chances in what is expected to be a tight three-way race in a riding that has been decided by only a few percentage points in every election since 2015 And they’re getting some encouraging signs with supportive honks from passersby Wait times are short as voters stream in and out of Swansea Town Hall Community Centre in Taiaiako’n—Parkdale—High Park Connie Dejak told the Star she’s committed to voting in every election but that it’s especially important this time around as she feels Canada has become “invisible” on the world stage If there’s a lack of “strong leadership at the helm,” Dejak said she believed there were two paths Canada could go down as a country: “We either become completely nonexistent or we become very vulnerable to what’s going on in the United States,” she said “For the United States to believe that we don’t have a voice we don’t have a position within the world stage “The level of ignorance to who we are makes me very nervous and compels me to vote even more.” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre cast their votes in the federal election in Ottawa Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Ana Poilievre just cast their votes this morning in his riding of Carleton It’s already reportedly causing delays there Elections Canada has modified the counting rules to allow the counting of advance ballots in this riding to begin six hours before polls close today because of the high turnout at advance polls Elections Canada has provided for counting to begin of those votes two hours before polls close Voters cast their ballots outside Swansea Town Hall in Toronto The 2025 federal election saw voters turn out in record numbers for advance polls Elections Canada said that 7.3 million people cast ballots early on the four days of advance polling between Friday That’s up 25 per cent from the 5.8 million people who took part in advance voting in the 2021 federal election If you’re voting today, visit the Elections Canada website to find your election day polling place. Here’s what you need to bring with you to the ballot box Polls are now open across Ontario in the eastern time zone Voters will have until 9:30pm EST to cast their ballots Ontario makes up the biggest share with 122 President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social a dubious Election Day message to Canadians one which likely serves only as a reminder of the Liberal Party’s preferred ballot questions (and for those asking because it is overt is not likely to be considered by any election oversight authorities as foreign interference.) Trump said last week that he was not just “trolling” Canada with his annexation threats threats which all Canadian political leaders have rejected as non-starters Trump wrote: “Good luck to the Great people of Canada Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half “No more artificially drawn line from many years ago Look how beautiful this land mass would be America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!” The social media message reprises most of Trump’s usual grievances about Canada. We did a fact check on these, which you can read here. Polls have opened in the rest of Atlantic Canada All polling stations will be open for 12 hours Read more from the Canadian Press here.  Polls have opened in Newfoundland and Labrador The epic undertaking to renaturalize Toronto's Port Lands has already created a new serpentine mouth for the Don River soon to be joined by stunning public spaces — including one standout park scheduled to welcome the public this summer Waterfront Toronto has released new aerial footage of the renaturalized Don River captured in March showing off the new human-made waterway that officially started flowing last year The latest video update on construction in the Port Lands offers a hint at what is in store for the coming months most notably the gradual opening of new parks and public spaces in the formerly industrial district One standout of the reimagined Port Lands will be a large public parkland to the north and south of the new river and around the whole western edge of the island, known as Biidaasige Park the Anishinaabemowin translation of the phrase "sunlight shining toward us." the portion of parkland east of Cherry Street will be the first to welcome visitors this summer with the parkland west of Cherry – including an elevated promontory with skyline views opening next year Waterfront Toronto explains that "while all of the plants are still brown for the winter it will transform into a lush green space." One of the standouts of this new public space will be the restored 300-ton Atlas crane — a preserved heritage structure that will preserve the Port Lands' industrial roots — towering over the river mouth As part of the heritage restoration process crews have been re-painting this steel behemoth and have already finished with its north leg.  Further to the east along the park's riverfront section pathways are in place and a future picnic area is quickly coming together foundations for barbecues and picnic tables are visible near a large raccoon play structure Other areas taking shape include a future off-leash dog area using resilient canine turf, and a playground with an owl-shaped stage structure and other play features like an artificial landform inspired by the Cheltenham Badlands A linear meadow bordering the north side of the park is a reserved right-of-way for the planned Waterfront East LRT While portions of the park will indeed open to the public this summer much of the new waterfront park will remain off limits until 2026 the namesake promontory (prior to the park's renaming) will offer impressive views of the city skyline next year Crews are now constructing the rock facade of this promontory this space will be bustling with visitors enjoying the elevated platform's skyline vistas In addition to the promontory construction workers have spent the last few months getting the park's landscaping together The western section of the park featuring the promontory will open alongside a new art trail carving through the Port Lands and the new Ookwemin Minising (formerly Villiers) Island Other public spaces in the Port Lands are further ahead on the horizon like the park planned at the northwest corner of the island which remains a roughed-in space for future consideration No opening dates have been announced by Waterfront Toronto as of May 2025 and will be for the next few decades to come as dredged material from the city's harbour continues to be deposited along its shoreline The artificial peninsula extends five kilometres into Lake Ontario and is over 500 hectares in size The park is home to some of the largest existing natural habitats on the Toronto waterfront Aerial view of the Leslie Street Spit in 1975 Photo: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) It's also become one of the best nature watching areas in the city thanks to its diverse population of birds and the site of other recreational activities like hiking as 6.5 million cubic meters of sand and silt were dredged from the Outer Harbour and placed at the spit which resulted in the formation of lagoons and sand peninsulas which now represent a significant portion of what now constitutes Tommy Thompson Park PortsToronto continues to remove roughly  30,0000 to 40,000 cubic metres of dredged material from the mouth of the Don River in an effort to prevent future flooding the mix of debris and sediment is transported to the Leslie Street Spit for "proper containment" in a "cell" or Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) Aerial view of Tommy Thompson Park in 1985 were designed to properly contain natural material dredged from the Keating Channel PortsToronto and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) finished the Cell 1 Wetland Creation Project which converted the CDF into a seven-hectare coastal wetland "Cell 1 has been very successful to date with reports of significantly increased fish populations and the return of pike and muskie to the harbour," PortsToronto notes on its website Aerial view of Tommy Thompson Park in 1998 PortsToronto began sealing Cell 2 with a layer of clean fill with the result being a second nine-hectare habitat that benefited fish the TRCA notes that it is no longer accepting fill (including concrete continues to be used for dredged materials with roughly 30 to 40 years of capacity remaining If you're interested in seeing how the area has changed over the past few decades, you can use the Google Earth Timelapse by typing "Tommy Thompson Park" into the search bar and clicking the play button to watch its transformation from 1984 to 2022 The festival runs later this month on May 24 and 25 This year's festival will be “sweeter than ever.'  This year’s festival will be “sweeter than ever.”  Do you like your butter tarts with or without raisins Southern Ontario’s largest butter tart festival — under two hours away from Toronto — is taking place later this month the ninth annual festival will be “sweeter than ever” this year as it brings thousands of butter tarts to 139 Silver Street Paris is picturesque and enchanting, combining the “simplicity” of small-town living with the “sophisticated ambience of a European locale according to its downtown BIA They even call themselves the “prettiest” town in Canada “There’s no place in Ontario, or even Canada, like downtown Paris,” the BIA says “Just like the two rivers that converge in our authentically charming community Paris’s distinctive character comes from contrast and connection,” they add runs later this month on May 24 and 25 from 11 a.m Head inside the Exhibition Centre Upper Grounds when you arrive to be greeted with sweet A post shared by @parisbuttertartfestival Admission to taste the tarts will cost you $6 if you’re over 10 years old and $2 if you’re ages three to nine The Paris Fairgrounds will also run its 167th annual Paris Fair later this summer during Labour Day weekend If you’re unable to get to Paris for this month’s festival, Ontario’s Best Buttertart Festival in Midland a personal support worker in Richmond Hill supported Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government with votes and campaign donations for almost a decade until this election Richmond Hill resident Alex Yuan says his friends have “all been depressed” since the results came in on election night showing a Liberal victory Many of them voted Conservative on Monday night worried about crime in their neighborhoods Shameel Jasvir Singh is the news director and host of Red FM a popular South Asian radio station in Brampton He hosts a daily show in Punjabi that has a big following in the community Before the election he had listeners call in and ran an informal poll and was a bit surprised by how many pro-Conservative voices he heard from Interviews with voters and political observers suggest the Conservatives had success by working hard over the years to convince people that their lifestyle is deteriorating thanks to factors including rampant crime housing unaffordability and rising immigration and that the only solution was a hard reset from the Liberal past Canada's political polarization is acutely visible in the Greater Toronto Area's suburban and rural ring — a diverse and fast-growing area of roughly 4 million people that spans Durham to Halton and has long been seen as a crucial vote-rich battleground and bellwether for which way the country is politically moving Canada’s political polarization is acutely visible in the Greater Toronto Area’s suburban and rural ring — a diverse and fast-growing area of roughly 4 million people that spans Durham to Halton and has long been seen as a crucial supported Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government with votes and campaign donations for almost a decade she moved her support behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and says she convinced her partner and multiple family members — about 15 except for one holdout sister — to join her in abandoning the Liberals “We were all Liberals — we had the mentality that “But I changed my mind a month before the election I like Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ and the housing plan The people are sick and tired of the Liberals (Liberal Leader Mark) Carney is a smart guy as Conservative newcomer Vincent Ho ended Liberal MP Majid Jowhari’s decade in power It was part of a 905-belt blue wave that was isolated to parts of the region but strong enough to help deny Carney’s Liberals a majority government and to give them concern for the next federal election that Interviews with voters and political observers suggest the Conservatives had success — particularly in York flipping five seats — by working hard over the years to convince people that their lifestyle is deteriorating thanks to factors including rampant crime local issues seemed to override fear around the impact of tariffs and U.S “It felt safer here when we first came to Canada — now you can’t walk downtown,” Viejo said “And there is mass immigration but no housing or anything to deal with it.” Conservatives made major gains north of Toronto while the east GTA was more resistant to change “Some might say the 905’s role was diminished this election but I think it’s actually become more important,” Bakir Alazawi a 905-based communications and political strategist “The 905 isn’t just where elections are won It’s where the future of Canadian identity is negotiated That makes it the most honest reflection of the country.” Canada’s political polarization is acutely visible in the Greater Toronto Area’s suburban and rural ring — a diverse and fast-growing area of roughly four million people that spans Durham to Halton and has long been seen as a crucial vote-rich battleground and political bellwether for the country The message that a change was needed in government seemed to hit especially hard with younger voters such as Zakie Faqiryar a 28-year-old sales representative who says he is disgusted that his community stayed Liberal and that many Canadians failed to see what he does: that only Poilievre can rescue the country we’re not getting anywhere and it’s going to get worse,” Faqiryar said “They’re going to implement different systems to control us more and more Bringing in people who shouldn’t be in the country adding he gets his information from Elon Musk’s social platform X rather than mainstream news outlets Faqiryar says he’s so disappointed he’s thinking of moving to Saudi Arabia for better work opportunities and lower taxes Dramatically different results across the region show that it is not a monolith but as diverse as the country itself previous NDP voter Iman Khwaja says she “reluctantly” moved to the Liberals to stop Poilievre from becoming prime minister The recent McGill graduate who works in communications was among those concerned that Poilievre’s policies were too close to those of Trump She said she was relieved by the federal result although Conservative Sandra Cobena flipped her riding blue Despite the nationalistic tenure of Carney’s campaign which focused on taking on Trump and his tariffs it was mostly local issues that resonated with voters in Vaughan where a 20 per cent jump in voter turnout showed Conservative efforts to bring new voters to the ballot box news director and one of the hosts at Red-FM a popular South Asian radio outlet in Brampton said many who called into his show were supporting Conservatives including people upset with immigration policies and their impact on quality of life overcrowded basements and bad traffic and everything And then all of the related problems that came with it So all those issues were big for people in Brampton,” he said who spoke to the Star on background to openly discuss political strategy said York ridings have always been difficult for the party and are usually closely fought races One difference for the Conservatives in this election was turnout the Liberal candidate received more than 25,000 votes in this election But while his Conservative opponent received 19,000 votes in 2021 the newly elected MP Michael Guglielmin received more than 40,000 votes in this campaign The same was true in Richmond Hill South where Ho won the riding with more than 30,000 votes to Jowhari’s 28,991 — a much higher total than Ho received in 2021 Conservative MP Anna Roberts held onto the riding but doubled her vote count from about 22,000 in 2021 to over 41,000 in this campaign A Liberal strategist said the Conservatives effectively targeted and focused on younger Canadians largely second-generation Canadians who felt their economic futures are not as secure as their parents immigration and the disappointment in the last few years of the Trudeau government were front and centre much more than the tariffs and Trump rhetoric,” said Sorbara “There was a really big movement of younger people who feel we needed some hope that we haven’t had in a long time here,” she said “There’s a lot of young families that are struggling and we all wanted to see some change here.” Boyd was “gutted” there weren’t enough flips to elect Poilievre she expressed dismay and disbelief that Toronto voters threw the Liberals a lifeline with 23 of 24 seats except for Markham-Unionville where Conservative candidate Michael Ma had a convincing win over Liberal candidate Peter Yuen — in part because of his ability to personally connect with undecided voters who like Viejo lives in Richmond Hill South says his friends have “all been depressed” since the federal Liberal win after they helped elect a Conservative to address concerns over neighbourhood crime and rising taxes a retired entrepreneur who serves as Board Chair on the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority also worked hard to knock on doors and connect with local voters on issues that matter to them diminishing public safety and affordability they generally come out to vote,” said Yuan saying he noticed a significantly more engagement in the Chinese community this election there’s also a triumvirate of Conservative ridings two of which have been reliably so for decades is an example of how blue collar workers’ views might be changing the leader of the party reliably to Ottawa and new Conservative candidate Rhonda Kirkland took the seat Newcomer Conservative Jacob Mantle also took the new riding of York-Durham Next to it used to be the riding of Durham which also has been reliably behind the Tories sending former leader Erin O’Toole to Parliament since 2012 Jamil Jivani took the seat in a byelection in 2024 but ran again in the newly drawn riding of Bowmanville-North Oshawa Jivani credits Poilievre with making inroads with unions and focusing on their issues “I think that really was an important signal but also to others in the GTA who are working class people in terms of just showing that the modern Conservative party is open to people who are aspiring for more economic security and more opportunity I think that was really important in terms of our region.” Brampton is the canary in a Conservative coal mine where potentially future problems lie for the Liberals There are six ridings with five longtime Liberal incumbents — although due to newly redrawn ridings two were running in new areas Conservative Amarjeet Gill defeated Kamal Khera Maninder Sidhu in Brampton East over Bob Dosanjh Singh by a margin of 1,800 votes Brampton Centre’s new Liberal candidate Amandeep Sodhi won by 176 votes over Taran Chahal chief strategy officer at Pollara Strategic Insights this was a trend seen across the country in heavily populated South Asian ridings with the Conservatives picking up a 15 point gain on the Liberals but most of the rest of their gains came through the collapse of the NDP and communities in Canada the last couple of years just by virtue of being very new on the scene probably hasn’t had the same time to kind of build some of those relationships,” said Arnold what does that mean for the Liberals in another campaign 15 months from now?” said Scott Reid a political analyst and principal at Feschuk Reid “It probably means you’re going to have to look at that pocket of issues that are going to matter in the 905 and particularly the Bramptons and the Yorks and say ‘What are those issues we can concentrate on over the next 15 months and get rewarded for it the Richmond Hill personal support worker who abandoned the Liberals predicts more 905 residents will follow her lead “Carney seemed like more of the same thing The daytime high is expected to reach 16 C Environment Canada is forecasting possible showers this morning in Toronto There’s a 40 per cent chance of precipitation expect a few showers with a night time low of 11 C Tomorrow’s forecast calls for showers during the day with a high of 18 C Toronto’s forecast for the rest of the week: Wednesday: Chance of showers with a high of 18 C and clear at night with a low of 4 C Thursday: Sunny with a high of 16 C and clear at night with a low of 3 C Friday: Sunny with a high of 18 C and clear at night with a low of 6 C Saturday: Sunny with a high of 20 C and clear at night with a low of 8 C This story was automatically generated using data from Environment and Climate Change Canada Doors Open Toronto officially kicks off in less than three weeks and you'll be able to visit two fan-favourite sites for the first time since 2019.  the City of Toronto unveiled the exciting lineup of buildings and special programming for this year's citywide event both of which are returning for the first time in six years.  was created by renowned architect William Thomas and remained open for 113 years before closing in 1977 The property was eventually purchased by Bridgepoint (now Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital) and incorporated into a new health care facility.  you'll be able to explore the building and access areas that are not normally open for public visitation.  The free, one-weekend celebration of architecture and public space will take place through this year's theme of "play." A complete list of participating buildings and sites is available on the City's website. City of Toronto & Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock.com The Toronto Maple Leafs might not ever seem to have the hockey gods in their corner but they'll always have one thing most teams don't: Justin Bieber cheering them on For Bieber, a longtime friend of several Leafs players (most notably Auston Matthews), a die-hard fan of the team, a celebrity team captain at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto, and a collaborator on an official alternate jersey with the team showing his support to Toronto isn't exactly new he's getting his confidence up after a few playoff wins believing that this could finally be Toronto's chance to break their Stanley Cup curse since 1967 This is the yearski," Bieber posted to his Instagram feed on Monday morning "yearski" is pretty much a play on the way hockey players tend to speak to each other adding extra syllables to the end of many words "this is the year" is a shorthand for "this is the year [my team could win a championship]" an easy way for anyone to either calm their own nerves or just hope it'll come true if they say it often enough.) A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) After knocking off the Ottawa Senators in six games Toronto has second-round home ice advantage over the Florida Panthers with an 8 p.m. puck drop between the two sides on Sportsnet and CBC While we can't confirm Bieber will be in attendance at Scotiabank Arena for any of the games in this series it's probably a pretty safe assumption that this won't be the last we're hearing of him from this playoff run whether it ends up being the yearski or not Toronto WatchSunrise ceremony marks Red Dress Day in TorontoToronto Mayor Olivia Chow was among those at a sunrise ceremony marking Red Dress Day to symbolize the Indigenous women who have been murdered or missing. A new time-lapse video has condensed the frenzied construction for the first two sections of the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan's latest phase, covering a stretch extending from Dufferin Street — a project the City recently announced would be completed far ahead of schedule The video from local photographer Kotsy covers construction on the stretch of highway just north of Exhibition Place from 2024 to 2025 shortened into a digestible 3.5-minute watch time Kotsy tells blogTO that the drone-captured views of the project were aligned using a couple of different methods.  "The first captures (in the second half of the video) were done using save points but I realized pretty quickly that they aren't as accurate as I needed for this." "So I did the rest manually using reference points on the ground and in the distance (how objects in the foreground are placed in relation to the objects behind them) I can't imagine doing this without them." Toronto's summertime tradition of free, open-air movie screenings is coming back this summer as the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show (TOPS) gears up for its 15th annual season Could there be anything more magical than spending a summer night congregating in a Toronto park at sunset with hundreds of fellow film lovers to watch a screening of one of your favourite movies under the stars because I love movies almost as much as I love being outdoors but I'd say few things come anywhere close the city's longest and largest outdoor film screening series bringing 20 nights of free public screenings spread across three months the festival will be taking over Fort York Christie Pits and Corktown Commons at various dates over the summer While the entire schedule has yet to be announced the organization has already revealed the details for opening weekend and this milestone year is already shaping up to be a great one the organization is circling back to its first-ever curatorial theme Rebranded as "When We Were Young," this year's film selection explores themes of youth and what it means to grow up while peppering in some nostalgic favourites from years gone by It all kicks off at Fort York with a screening of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet on June 12 followed by showings of Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw The TV Glow and a 30th anniversary presentation of Clueless they've also added a brand-new element to the festival lineup this year anyone who makes a charitable donation of $15 or more to TOPS will be invited to vote on the festival's closing night film in August The complete festival lineup is set to be announced on May 15 and stock up on popcorn for another summer of free movie screenings under the stars Toronto residents may know not to hold their breaths for major local infrastructure projects to reach completion in a timely fashion but with the warmer months quickly approaching there is one upgrade that is likely top of mind The City has been working to replace the vessels — at times rendered completely out of commission during busy weekend rushes — with a new electric fleet for years now The first of the two new electric ferries the City will acquire in the last quarter of 2026 Then there is the timeline: A winning design was chosen for a reimagined Jack Layton Ferry Terminal a decade ago now and seemingly ever-changing plans and budgets A new update on the Electric Ferries Shoreside Infrastructure Work Plan that came earlier in the spring stated that the City was "advancing" the work to equip the terminal for the new boats alongside two other capital projects to improve the dated docking point in the meantime It also included more cost amendments following the completion of detailed blueprints allocating more to various portions of the budget including increasing the upset limit for "charging and docking improvements" by some $7.6 million Toronto to spend a combined $135 million on new island ferries and other upgradeshttps://t.co/f2Xr5rwUAE In March, the City also removed the responsibility of ferry operations from the Parks and Recreation department, which has garnered somewhat of a reputation for inefficiency It was shifted instead to the Fleet Services Division based on its expertise in a number of areas identified for improvement by a third-party review of the ferry system to "assess its readiness for upcoming infrastructure and vessel modernization."  CreateTO, one of the project's stakeholders, still says on its website that the early stages of construction at the terminal are set to start in the second quarter of this year The City is also expecting final estimates for Toronto Hydro upgrades by this quarter Spiroview Inc/Shutterstock.com have spent years contributing their time at the Bookends South bookstore Tucked inside the Toronto Reference Library Bookends South has quietly supported readers and a community of volunteers for 25 years A man lugged two bags full of books to drop to the donation box outside a woman snapped up marked-down novels while a father and his two kids were excitedly picking out a few reads These are typical scenes at Bookends South a small used bookstore tucked in a corner of the Toronto Reference Library Bookends has quietly served readers and raised funds for public library programs for 25 years Operated by the registered charity Friends of the Toronto Public Library South Chapter And everything — from pricing books to manning the cash box — is powered by volunteers like Frank Velikonja When Velikonja arrives for his nine-hour shift and handles managerial tasks like updating schedules and supporting other volunteers As the longest-serving volunteer at Bookends South he’s also served as president of the Friends of the Toronto Public Library for several years “It’s always been this sense of love of operating a bookstore of providing quality materials and being around other people who love books,” Velikonja and it’s an especially great and wonderful environment.” discovered Bookends after browsing the Toronto Public Library website sorting through thousands of donated items the store receives from the public Popert inspects the books’ condition but rare and limited-edition titles are marked with blue dot stickers and priced higher Popert finds his work particularly interesting noting that sorting books offers “a window into the lives of strangers” — such as when he finds money used as bookmarks Bookends hosts a major treasure sale every two years at the library’s Beeton Hall Items are sold for just 25 per cent of their market value The funds raised through Bookends help support various Toronto Public Library programs including literacy and literary programs at the Toronto Reference Library and fully funding the Elementary School Outreach Program for children Volunteer Amanda Cheung explained that the store is always looking for new volunteers While volunteers assist with customer service and inventory management there is an especially high need for help with sorting donations and pricing books before they make it to the shelves Volunteers are also needed to organize curated book sales for special events at the library as well as to fill managerial and leadership roles who has been volunteering at Bookends for three years Her tasks include operating the cash register She first discovered the store while wandering through the library and with 15 years of experience working in a bookstore Fracassi also volunteers at the University of Toronto’s John M Fracassi has had many memorable moments volunteering including a couple who visited the store to purchase “a few hundred dollars worth of books” for a charity they worked with in Jamaica They were donating the books to a resource centre there “You get this richness when you volunteer because of the people that you meet and the people that you talk to the stories that you hear — it tells you about another life that you’ve not lived.” As part of the Star’s ongoing Toronto the Better initiative, this year we’ll highlight the people and organizations making a difference in the GTA and share volunteering opportunities that can inspire real change. Know of a person or group deserving of the spotlight? Email torontothebetter@thestar.ca TorontoNewsMan rescued after small plane loses engine power, crashes into Lake OntarioBy Bryann AguilarOpens in new window and Joanna LavoieOpens in new windowPublished: May 02, 2025 at 2:53PM EDT The daytime high is expected to reach 15 C Environment Canada is forecasting periods of rain this morning in Toronto expect showers with a night time low of 10 C There’s a 40 per cent probability of precipitation overnight Tomorrow’s forecast calls for showers during the day with a high of 14 C Tuesday: Chance of showers with a high of 16 C and chance of showers at night with a low of 10 C Wednesday: Chance of showers with a high of 16 C and cloudy periods at night with a low of 7 C Thursday: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 13 C and cloudy periods at night with a low of 5 C Friday: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 16 C and cloudy periods at night with a low of 7 C