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As U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fiercely battle for the White House in the U.S. election, they’ve largely focused their messages on the economy — and Canada is listening closely. More than 90 per cent of voters in a recent Ipsos poll said the economy and their personal economic situation will factor into how they cast their votes, far ahead of all other issues identified as important in the election.That reflects how most Americans, like Canadians, feel the cost of daily life remains difficult after two years of high inflation, which peaked in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic but has cooled more recently. 1:48 Economists warn of protectionism, escalating trade tensio...

It was a tight election race but Scott Moe secured the Saskatchewan Party’s fifth-straight majority, defeating challenger Carla Beck’s NDP that was looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. While the official count is still ongoing, Global News is projecting the Saskatchewan Party will form a majority government in the 61-seat legislature.This was the Sask. Party’s second election under Moe.Moe retained his seat in Rosthern-Shellbrook shortly after polls closed with 63 per cent of the vote, although he received less of the popular vote than in 2020, when he won 79.5 per cent of the votes in the riding.Many of Moe’s rural Sask. Party candidates jumped out to early leads in Monday’s provincial general election.The early results unfolded as expected, with the Sask. Party ...