LATEST NEWS

1. Tightening race puts Harper in minority territory
   With eight days remaining until election day, Tory support drops to 34 per cent as Liberals surge
   
   
2. Financial crisis puts Harper's powers of persuasion to the test
   Conservative Leader enters the final week of his bid for a majority under pressure to explain why his steady-as-she-goes approach is the right course amid a possible global recession.
   
   
3. Where They Stand: Climate change
   How Tories hobbled the Liberals' Green Shift rhetoric with talk of tax hikes.
   
   
4. Preston Manning: Put Harper at the helm of the ship of state
   It's the best possible way to deal with stormy economic seas.
   
   
5. Lawrence Martin: Giving the Tories a free pass on sleaze and low ethics
   Given the developments in this election, the descent of our politics into the ethical dungeon is likely to accelerate.
   
   
6. Lysiane Gagnon: Taking Quebec's temperature
   Don't believe all the polls you read. Some are done correctly and reflect reality. Others are based on too small a sample.
   
   
7. Vandals target Toronto Liberals
   Police are investigating reports of tampered car brakes and cut phone lines
   
   
8. Dion says he'll be the 'greenest PM ever'
   Liberal leader uses backdrop of Arctic to highlight his concerns about climate change
   
   
9. Grim Afghan assessment backs NDP's position, says Layton
   NDP Leader says he's 'heartened' by British commander's view that Afghanistan is not winnable and Taliban should be in peace talks
   
   
10. Tory majority bad for the economy, Bloc Leader warns
    Conservative Leader believes in the same economic policies that plunged the U.S. into a financial crisis, Duceppe says
    
    
11. Tories see support growing in Toronto suburbs
    The suburban Toronto voters who swept Conservatives to power in Ontario in 1995 and sent them packing in 2003 are poised to play a familiar, influential role on federal election day next week.
    
    
12. Tories promise $300-million for economic development
    Conservatives unveil part of economic plan and hope to convince voters they're the best choice to lead Canada through a time of 'global economic uncertainty'
    
    
13. Tories fear provincial shut-out
    Danny Williams's campaign appears to be working too well, prompting Conservative ads warning of having no voice in Ottawa
    
    
14. Harper dismisses new plagiarism allegations
    Conservative Leader says passages from speech in question are 'fairly standard political rhetoric'
    
    
15. Dion cautions against NDP's ‘old socialist approach'
    Liberal Leader says NDP's policies would hurt economy as some polls show party on verge of overtaking Liberals
    
    
16. NDP candidate in Ontario quits over obscene comments
    Andrew McKeever apologizes for derogatory remarks made on the Internet
    
    
17. NDP want to tighten sewage dumping laws
    A B.C. candidate is calling for regulations on cruise ship emissions and sewage dumping on the West Coast
    
    
18. Layton tours Liberal ridings in Maritimes, hoping to steal support
    NDP Leader says polls are showing Dion is incapable of victory
    
    
19. Atwood rallies anti-Tory votes by backing Bloc
    Reject Harper across Canada, author says
    
    
20. Canadian artists band together against Harper
    K-OS, Sarah Harmer and Hawksley Workman among musicians behind new song to encourage voting against Conservatives in upcoming election
    
    
21. Canadian soldiers turn out en masse at Afghan advance poll
    Troops at remote forward operating base line up to cast ballots in Canadian election
    
    

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