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Liberal Cheryl Thomas Resigns After True North Times Revelations

The Liberal Party candidate of Victoria, British Columbia, Cheryl Thomas, has resigned after comments she made about Israelis, Mosques, and the ethnicity of Santa Clause were revealed as the final entry in our ...

Conservative Candidate Martin Barker Decries Quebec “Money Pit”, Says C-51 Could Prevent Air India

Meet Martin Barker, Conservative candidate for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford in British Columbia. He has a blog-- or, rather, had a blog. He chronicled his life as the most interesting man in Duncan, BC (the smalle...

Conservative Candidate Joe Daniel Offers Thoughts on Muslims

In the midst of this marathon campaign, it has to be tough for a candidate to stand out from the crowd. But that doesn't mean candidates across the country aren't putting in a bit of extra effort to set themsel...

Stefan Jonasson’s Campaign Site Down — Casualty of The True North Times?

It looks like we may have our first campaign casualty. Stefan Jonasson, the third unfortunate candidate in our "Nine Days of Scandal" coverage seems to no longer have a campaign website. Jonasson praised...

NDP Candidate Alex Johnstone “didn’t know what Auschwitz was” until Facebook Comment Scandal

If you've been following The True North Times' "Nine Days of Scandal", you already know the name Alex Johnstone. She is the NDP candidate for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas. We revealed Facebook posts she made f...

Liberal Candidate Peter Njenga Compared Himself to Hitler

Meet Peter Njenga, the Liberal candidate for Abbotsford. He doesn’t think that he’s very tall, but he’s grown comfortable with himself in the knowledge that "many well-known 'short guys' like me such Napoleon, ...

NDP Candidate Alex Johnstone Made a Dick Joke About Auschwitz

Most Canadians know surprisingly little about their candidates for office—especially how they think and act when in private. That’s why The True North Times investigated NDP Candidate Alex Johnstone, to get a b...

Nine Candidate Scandals in Nine Days: A TNT Exclusive

Most Canadians know surprisingly little about their candidates for office—especially how they think and act when in private. That’s why The True North Times investigated the online comments made by nine major-p...

Top 10 Election Candidates Dropped for Online Posting, Lawbreaking, and Peeing

This year, we've got to know a plethora of candidates from all major parties. Sometimes we got to know too much-- at least in the eyes of the candidates. Every day it seems like another MP-hopeful is remove...

Tone of Debate Matures as Campaign Continues

It's been a hell of a few weeks on the campaign trail. The Conservatives recovered from a tumble and the Liberal surge subsided. The result is nearly equal support for the Liberals, NDP, and Conservatives ahead...