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Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

Mark Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

  • Rob Gillies

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters after his Liberal Party won the Canadian election, in Ottowa, Ontario, on Tuesday.

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: Stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

  • Cory Alpert
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves after his speech at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadians choose Carney to take on Trump in stunning election victory

National broadcaster CBC has called the election, but it’s not yet known whether the Liberals would form a majority government.

  • Michael Koziol
Peter Dutton

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

  • Michael Koziol
Western Brook Pond, a fjord within Gros Morne National Park surrounded by billion-year-old, 600-metre-high sheer rock walls.

A piece of paradise locals kept to themselves, until now

It was the setting for an international hit musical, but most people know little else about this quiet, wind-swept corner of Canada.

  • Craig Tansley
Supporters of Mark Carney outside a federal leaders’ election debate in Montreal.

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity being thrown at them from Washington.

  • Michael Koziol
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A member of Vancouver’s Filipino community visits a growing memorial near the festival site on Sunday.

Man charged with eight counts of murder after car ploughs into crowd in Vancouver

Eleven people died - the youngest aged only five - in an incident that has rocked Canada just as voters head to the polls to choose their next government.

  • Michael Koziol
It takes an incredible range of skills to make it politics if you’re new to it.

When brilliance is not enough: What it takes for an outsider to become one of the political greats

Mark Carney is leaning heavily on his outsider status in his appeal to Canadian voters, but it may not be an advantage in the long run.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris
Venezuelan immigrant Ricardo Prada Vásquez in 2021. 

Ricardo took a wrong turn after picking up a McDonald’s delivery. It was a fateful error

Delivery driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez was heading to a customer’s address in Detroit when he found himself on a bridge that leads to Canada. What happened next upended his life.

  • Miriam Jordan
The grizzly turns its attention to the writer’s group.

The moment a grizzly stopped hunting fish ... and noticed me

“No, you can’t come this way,” says our guide to the bear confronting us, in the tone of a schoolteacher scolding a teen.

  • Justin Meneguzzi

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