Federal Election 2025

There will be a familiar face on the federal election campaign trail.

William Caton is running for the Liberal Party in Swift Current-Grasslands-Kindersley.

"We're so conservative where I live in the southwest corner," Caton said. "I really don't like (Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre)'s attitude about things or his policies. I just thought it was time to stand up and talk about the things that I thought are important."

Update:

The Ponoka Chamber of Commerce has cancelled the Ponoka-Didsbury All-Candidates Forum, due to candidates unable to confirm attendance. 

The candidates for the Ponoka-Didsbury riding, as of April 8, are:

• Grant Abraham, United Party of Canada
• Blaine Calkins, Conservative Party of Canada
• Larry Gratton, People’s Party of Canada
• Logan Hooley, NDP
• Zarnab Zafar, No Affiliation

Election day is April 28, with advance voting taking place April 18 - 21.

Nominations for candidates in the 2025 Federal Election closed yesterday, and five candidates for as many parties have thrown their names in the hat for the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding.

The confirmed candidates in this year's federal election

The confirmed candidates for the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding are as follows:

The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia — a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go to the polls.

The Liberals pledged environmental conservation measures and support for seniors, while the Tories offered more efficient approvals for resource projects.

The Foothills riding's list of federal election candidates sits at five with the big day just three weeks away.

Among them is Paul O'Halloran, a founding member of the People's Party of Canada (PPC) who is running under the party's banner in the upcoming election.

O'Halloran has called Alberta home for over 30 years, initially moving to Calgary during his time with the military.

He eventually settled in Black Diamond, now Diamond Valley, which he currently calls home.

Incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Blake Richards is running for re-election in the Airdrie-Cochrane riding.

He is hopeful to represent the people of Airdrie and Cochrane once again.

"It's always humbling to put your name on the ballot," Richards said. "I've worked hard for the people of our area, and it's always been an honour to represent our communities and our people within them."

Richards, who has lived in Airdrie for 25 years, said his motivation is giving back.

With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today following weekend campaign stops on the East Coast, where he announced plans to impose national rent control and to get every Canadian access to a family doctor in the next five years.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wrapping up a campaign sweep on the West Coast today before flying to Edmonton for a rally.

A federal election is coming up in three weeks, April 28th, and the Liberal candidate for Provencher is getting ready.

"It's going to be busy because this is a short campaign and so there's a lot to do, but I'm looking forward to it. I think this is a very important election, so I wanted to be part of it," says Trevor Kirczenow.

There are several big issues that make this such a critical election, he says.

Val Marie's Alex McPhee is bringing a small town perspective to the NDP as their Swift Current--Grasslands--Kindersley candidate in the federal election.

It's his second election as the NDP candidate in southwest Saskatchewan.

He realizes the riding has been voting one form or conservative or another for a long time.

The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.

The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.