Over 20,000 Bow River residents cast advance ballots

Over the Easter long weekend, over 7.3 million Canadians voted in advance for the upcoming federal election.

During the 2021 election, only 5.1 million Canadians took advantage of advance voting.

In the Bow River riding this year, 21,974 residents voted.

The last chance to vote will be on Monday, April 28.

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Advance voting numbers released for Red Deer and Ponoka-Didsbury ridings

According to preliminary figures released by Elections Canada, 21,733 electors in the Red Deer riding voted at advance polls held from April 18 to 21. In Ponoka-Didsbury, 27,715 ballots were cast by advanced voters.

Nationally, about 7.3 million Canadians voted early—a 25 per cent increase from the 5.8 million who voted in advance polls during the 2021 federal election.

Conservatives to maintain Francophone cultural funding, defund CBC in election platform

Canadians will head to the ballot boxes on April 28 to cast their votes in the 2025 federal election.  

Before Manitobans make their decisions, Classic 107 is focusing in on what each of the parties that represent the province on Parliament Hill are saying about how their party will handle the arts and culture file.  

Advance voter turnout tops 25,000 in Airdrie-Cochrane riding

Nearly 26,000 people in the Airdrie-Cochrane riding cast their ballots early ahead of Monday’s federal election.

Elections Canada reports that 25,833 voters took advantage of advance polls in the riding, part of a record-setting 7.3 million Canadians who voted early between April 18 and 21.

More than 270,000 Calgarians also turned out during the advance voting period.

These figures are still preliminary, according to Elections Canada.

Meet the Candidates: Tabitha Mukamusoni, Liberal Party of Canada

The date of the 2025 Canadian Federal Election is approaching fast on Monday, April 28, and Discover Moose Jaw News is doing its best to bring you information on your candidates, parties, and platforms so you can make an informed vote.   

Tabitha Mukamusoni is the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the Moose Jaw – Lake Centre – Lanigan riding. 

Local advance polling numbers released

Elections Canada released preliminary data for advance polling on Thursday for the 343 electoral districts for its 45th Federal General Election.

The Swift Current-Grassland-Kindersley district had 12,268 ballots cast between April 18-21, or about 22.5 per cent of the region's eligible electors. The ridings advanced votes represented about six per cent of the province's advance ballot count of 206,754. 

Southwest residents in the Riverhurst, Chaplin, and Gravelbourg areas are a part of the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan district that had 14,839 advance ballots cast.

Federal party leaders work to drive home key messages as election day approaches

Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax — where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life's essentials — before heading to Saskatoon.

In Coquitlam, B.C., Liberal Leader Mark Carney spoke about bringing Canadians together to build up the country to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war.