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How the candidates portray themselves on Facebook

Prime Minister's Stephen Harper's Facebook was not considered a relevant tool for promotion until recently. As the following timeline shows, in the past year his social media team didn't bother to...

What's motivating voters in British Columbia?

Leaders, candidates, ideas, and emotions including a desire for stability, change, and a small dollop of disgust are driving B.C. voters to the polls this election.

Battered battleground: Federal leaders focus on vote rich Ontario heartland

Party leaders clash in Canada's industrial heartland.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, Liberal Party, Vancouver Granville, Justin Trudeau

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Liberal candidate for Vancouver Granville, 'bound and determined' to bring change

The Liberal candidate for Vancouver Granville has been door-knocking, and isn't surprised by what she's heard.
Elizabeth May at the first federal leaders' debate. CP Photo

FIGHT NIGHT: Breakout performance by May counts as a win for Harper

As Elizabeth May re-shuffles the electoral deck with a virtuoso debate performance, does she help Harper most?
The four federal party leaders have a long campaign ahead of them.

How B.C. can beat Harper in the 2015 election

Pollsters and academics say the key for voters wanting to unseat Harper is to follow party trends in the ridings rather than at the provincial or national level.
Justin Trudeau waves at the crowd at the Pride Parade. Photo by Valentina Ruiz

Trudeau and May kick off campaign at Vancouver Pride Parade

Justin Trudeau and Elizabeth May: The two candidates who joined the 37th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade.
Justin Trudeau Vancouver environment climate change beach - Mychaylo Prystupa

Trudeau's climate change target won't be ready for Paris UN summit

Federal leader Justin Trudeau suggested Monday that his party would not determine Canada's emissions reduction target until well after a U.N. climate summit in Paris, where the world will meet to...
Harper, Justin Trudeau, Senate scandal

"I'm in love with Stephen Harper"

Budget cuts have yet to take away CBC's edge. In This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vancouver-based comedian Andrew Barber skewers Harper's policies in a new video explaining why the "bad boy" Prime Minister...

Justin Trudeau’s Transparency Act: How does it work?

Justin Trudeau’s Transparency Act aims to arm Canadians with more information about what their government does. The bill stands as a rebuke to the secrecy of Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government...