National News

MONTREAL — François Legault will be heading back to Quebec’s legislature with an even stronger hold on power, after a resounding election victory that saw his Coalition Avenir Québec win the most seats of any party in more than 30 years.

MONTREAL — Here are the latest details from Quebec's provincial election (all times eastern): 11:40 p.m. Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault says his party has received a clear message from voters: keep going.

MONTREAL — Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade was re-elected in her riding Monday night, and her party retained official Opposition status in the legislature.

QUEBEC — A former airline executive and Parti Québécois cabinet minister who came to power promising to move Quebec past the sovereignty debate has won a second term as provincial premier.

VANCOUVER — Tatyanna Harrison’s 21st birthday would have been on Sept. 29. Her mother described Tatyanna, whose body was found in Vancouver earlier this year, as a courageous woman with the gift of gab and a deep love for learning.

VICTORIA — A newly elected member of British Columbia's legislature became Canada's first politician to sign a pledge to the King at the start of a fall sitting Monday, where health care and high costs were expected to be dominant issues.

MONTREAL — Here are the latest details from Quebec's provincial election (all times eastern): 8 p.m. Polling stations across Quebec are now closed, capping off a five-week election campaign.

OTTAWA — Canada's prostitution laws prevent sex workers from obtaining meaningful consent before engaging with clients, a lawyer for an alliance of sex worker rights groups argued in a Toronto courtroom Monday.

OTTAWA — Canadian politicians need to think about what would happen if the Iranian regime actually falls, an expert says as Ottawa's response to protests abroad becomes political fodder at home.

OTTAWA — A Canadian polling expert is raising concerns about the results of the Statistics Canada language census after the order of two questions was swapped on the national questionnaire last year.