• Elections Canada ready to run a snap election during a pandemic, says chief electoral officer

  

  Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault said today that Elections Canada is prepared to run a snap election, despite the roadblocks imposed by the pandemic.

• Western provinces seeing some of their highest numbers yet in new COVID-19 cases

  

  Provinces in Western Canada continue to see some of their highest numbers yet in new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with B.C. confirming its first outbreak in a school setting.

• Sask. parents say education an election issue they're watching with pandemic perspective

  

  Parents say education one of the issues they're watching as campaign trail continues.

• The Liberals had the leverage this week — but it might not last

  

  This week's excitement ended quietly on Wednesday afternoon, brought to a formal conclusion by a vote of 180 nays to 146 yeas. But the break in tension may be short-lived — and it's not clear how the partisan players will conduct themselves now in the wake of this week's showdown.