Canada Votes 2021 - Local News

Number of special ballots received in the riding so far already outpaces how many were received in the previous two federal elections.

The NDP has the most well-organized political machine in the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding, but turnout typically is well below 50 per cent, meaning there are a lot of potential votes out there, enough in theory to overcome even the massive edge in ballots cast that usually favours the NDP.

34 per cent more Churchill-Keewatinook Aski residents voted before election day compared to two years ago.

Letter writer hopes Thompson voters take unborn children into consideration when voting in the 2021 federal election.

Churchill-Keewatinook Aski People's Party of Canada candidate Dylan Young from The Pas says government forcing people to do things they don't want to do erodes the relationship between it and the citizens it governs.

Federal leaders' responses to debate questions regarding Indigenous issues long on buzzwords, short on specifics.

There are more candidates claiming Indigenous ancestry running in the 2021 federal election than there were two years ago but a University of Manitoba professor says some of them are 'checking the box' without actually detailing their claim that identity.

Justin Trudeau's record on climate change was one of the topics during the English-language leaders' debate Sept. 9.

The Manitoba Metis Federation is encouraging Métis citizens to vote in the Sept. 20 federal election by offering a contest with prizes, which a political scientist says is a grey area as to whether it can be considered a bribe under Canada's Elections Act.

People who refuse to wear masks will be denied entry to polling places, Elections Canada says.