Gatineau voters head to the polls Sunday to elect new mayor
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Gatineau residents will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new mayor.
Gatineau residents will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new mayor.
Seven candidates have stepped up to run Quebec's third-largest city. In addition, voters in the district of Carrefour-de- l'Hôpital will vote for a new city councillor.
The June byelection was called after former mayor France Bélisle abruptly stepped down from the position in February, citing a "hostile" climate in municipal politics.
Maude Marquis-Bissonnette is running as the candidate for the municipal political party Action Gatineau and Olive Kamanyana currently serves as the independent city councillor for Carrefour de l'Hôpital.
Yves Ducharme previously served as the Mayor of Gatineau from 2002 to 2005.
Independent candidate Rémi Bergeron, former president of the Gatineau Chamber of Commerce Stéphane Bisson, marketing executive Daniel Feeny and former People's Party of Canada candidate Mathieu Saint-Jean, have also thrown their hat in the ring for the top job.
In addition, there are three candidates in the running to replace Kamanyana for the seat of Carrefour de l'Hopital.
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver after a pedestrian was hit on Thursday night.
Donations are ramping up for a BCSPCA cat with a mangled paw after being caught in a hunting snare, one of a rising number of pets to fall prey to the hunting device.
A crowd of over 20 people stood in the pouring rain Saturday in front of the RCMP detachment in Hampton, N.B., to bring awareness to a missing person’s case.
Seven teenage suspects, including a 13-year-old, have been arrested following a targeted and “violent” home invasion in Vaughan on Friday, police say.
Ontario's colleges and universities say the federal government's cap on international students is taking a toll on the higher education sector as some schools face growing deficits, layoffs and, in at least one case, a temporary campus closure.
The Empress Theatre, a nearly century-old landmark in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood, may soon be revitalized.
Business owners say they've been left with questions about how a temporary tax exemption to the GST will work after the federal government announcement the policy last week.
British Columbia's electric utility says it has restored power to almost all customers who suffered outages during the bomb cyclone earlier this week, but strong wind from a new storm has made repairs difficult in some areas.
Many parts of Saskatchewan will be hit with another round of wintery weather on Saturday, and Regina is no exception, with up to 25 centimetres of snow expected to accumulate.
Some local businesses say the federal government’s recent plan to pull back GST on several items is a positive initiative, but it should have been rolled out earlier in the holiday season.
An 81-year-old man who went missing Friday has been found dead, Spruce Plains RCMP said.