Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026<\/p>\n
Liberals return to Parliament with majority after three byelection wins<\/p>\n
Liberal MPs will now have more clout in the House of Commons after three byelection wins gave Prime Minister Mark Carney the numbers to form a majority government.<\/p>\n
The Liberals now have 174 seats in the House, two more than the minimum for a majority. That makes Carney’s the first federal government in Canadian history to go from a minority to a majority between elections.<\/p>\n
Canada hasn’t had a majority government since former prime minister Justin Trudeau swept to power with a landslide win in 2015.<\/p>\n
Gaining a majority means the governing Liberals have more than half of the votes in the House, and can survive confidence votes without the support of another party.<\/p>\n
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Liberals set to form historic majority government after sweeping three byelections<\/p>\n
Danielle Martin, Doly Begum and Tatiana Auguste will soon head to the House of Commons after winning a set of byelections for the Liberals in two Toronto ridings and one in a suburb of Montreal.<\/p>\n
A family physician, Martin told supporters in the University\u2014Rosedale riding that she was humbled by the win and vowed to get right to work.<\/p>\n
In Scarborough Southwest, Begum, a former New Democrat, secured her seat for the Liberals, which she said has a responsibility to build a country where opportunity is real.<\/p>\n
And in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, north of Montreal, Auguste told supporters in French that she pledged to work for her constituents.<\/p>\n
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Ontario plans massive jail expansion, internal government documents show<\/p>\n
Ontario is planning a massive expansion of jails over the next few decades.<\/p>\n
Documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers through freedom-of-information laws show that Ontario plans to add nearly 6,000 jail beds by 2050.<\/p>\n
The plan comes as the province’s jails are bursting at the seams and have been significantly over capacity for years, with the situation only getting worse.<\/p>\n
Criminology professor Justin Pich\u00e9, who shared the documents with The Canadian Press, says it is an unprecedented expansion that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars.<\/p>\n
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Mideast war, pipeline push serve as backdrop to oil and gas investment conference<\/p>\n
Leaders of some of Canada’s biggest oil and gas producers are discussing the state of their industry with investors at a private conference as the war in the Middle East continues to roil commodity markets.<\/p>\n
Presentations at the 2026 BMO CAPP Energy Symposium, which kicks off today, are closed to the public and media, but some speakers will be participating in press interviews.<\/p>\n
The conference is taking place as the war embroiling much of the Middle East halts oil tanker shipments out of the Persian Gulf, driving global prices higher.<\/p>\n
The conference is also being held amid a push in Canada to more speedily build oil and gas export infrastructure to serve markets beyond what has traditionally been this country’s biggest customer \u2014 the United States.<\/p>\n
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Canada’s national orchestra to honour Indigenous music during Nova Scotia shows<\/p>\n
The last time Ottawa\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra performed in Eskasoni First Nation, Mi\u2019kmaq singer-songwriter Emma Stevens was a young teenager volunteering at the show.<\/p>\n
Almost nine years later, as the national orchestra embarks on its 100th tour, the 23-year-old musician will be performing original music alongside the prestigious band at their Nova Scotia shows.<\/p>\n
The singer-songwriter gained international attention for her music in 2019, when her Mi\u2019kmaq-language cover of the Beatles\u2019 song “Blackbird” went viral.<\/p>\n
At the NAC Orchestra shows, she will perform the Mi\u2019kmaq cover of “Blackbird” and “The Ballad of Shubenacadie,” an original song she co-wrote about the Canadian residential school system.<\/p>\n
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 14, 2026.<\/p>\n
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