4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (173+ words) nationalnewswatch.com Today in Canada's Political History: September 10, 1987, David Peterson wins the largest majority in Ontario history! It was a great day to be an Ontario Liberal on this date in 1987. The province’s voters handed Premier David Peterson and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) MONTREAL -- With one month to go before Quebec's provincial election, parties are pitching voters on health care, government spending and daycare, while their leaders are also debating the prospect of another referendum on Quebec independence. CAQ Leader Christine Frechette promised…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (547+ words) SAGUENAY -- Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord are heading to the polls to choose who will succeed Richard Martel as their representative in the House of Commons. Martel, a Conservative MP who had represented the Saguenay-area riding…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (214+ words) Today in Canada's Political History: August 30, 1976, Eleven-year-old Mark Carney takes the Edmonton Journal to task! National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: August 30, 1976, Eleven-year-old Mark Carney takes the Edmonton Journal to task! It was 50-years-ago today that a very peeved…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (182+ words) QUEBEC -- Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will meet with the province's lieutenant-governor on Thursday, paving the way for the start of the election campaign. The premier's official schedule says a cabinet meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m., after which Frechette is set to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (108+ words) National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: August 26, 1991, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his family visit with President George H.W. Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (270+ words) National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: August 18, 1927, Future American First Lady Rosalynn Carter born in Plains, Georgia One of my life's hero's, Roslaynn Smith-Carter, was born on this date in the tiny Georgia community of Plains, population 600 or so,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (249+ words) National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: August 16, 1979, The great John Diefenbaker passes into history Canada's 13th Prime Minister, the legendary John Diefenbaker, passed into history at his Ottawa home on this date in 1979. He was 83. Fittingly for a man who…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (162+ words) MONTREAL -- Members of the Quebec Liberal Party's youth wing are gathering this weekend in the Montreal area to prepare for the upcoming provincial election. Several workshops will be held in St. Lambert, across the St. Lawrence River from downtown, to…...