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First Nations, Carney and premiers set to gather for day of ceremony
First Nations hold ceremony with country's leaders
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
First Nations leaders are gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers in Ottawa today for a ceremony ahead of a historic meeting on Monday.
Monday's meeting will the first such gathering since the Kelowna Accord talks of 2005, which brought premiers and then-prime minister Paul Martin together with Indigenous leaders to discuss ways to close the socioeconomic gaps in their communities.
First Nations will be represented in the closed-door meeting on Monday largely by regional chiefs from the Assembly of First Nations.
The Privy Council Office has not said which premiers will be attending the meeting, although Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have both said they will be absent.
The ceremonies will be held in Ottawa with knowledge keepers, elders, First Nations leaders and community members.
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says it's important to start the meeting with ceremony to ensure all participants are entering with the right frame of mind, grounded in First Nations spirituality.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2026.
By Alessia Passafiume | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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BC Green Leader Emily Lowan wins bid for riding on Vancouver Island
BC Green Leader Lowan wins bid for seat
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting victory for BC Greens Leader Emily Lowan in the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich North and the Islands.
Lowan became leader of the provincial Greens in September 2025, succeeding Sonia Furstenau.
At 26, Lowan is among the youngest leaders of a major political party in Canada.
She takes over the riding from fellow Green Rob Botterell, who won the seat in 2024 but decided not to seek re-election.
The riding is a Green stronghold, having been held by Adam Olsen from 2017 to 2024.
Before leading the Greens, Lowan was a climate action activist who played a key role in a student-led campaign at the University of Victoria that resulted in the school directing investments away from fossil fuels.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
By Nono Shen | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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What people are saying about the B.C. election campaign
What people are saying in the B.C. election
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The snap election in British Columbia is over and Lorne Deorkson has led his Conservatives to victory.
Here's what some notable people are saying about the election.
Stockwell Day, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister, at the B.C. Conservative’s postelection party:
“It’s been a great campaign, I think the strategy was right. I think people just want back to normal. I think the other part of the strategy was just to stand back and let Mr. Eby keep talking and it seems to have worked."
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Former Green Party MLA Rob Botterell at the Green Party's postelection party on Leader Emily Lowan:
“I am so proud of Emily and the campaign she's run. And what I see when I talk to folks in Sidney and in the riding is they're equally just totally impressed by Emily and her poise and her advocacy and her passion and her vision."
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Brian Gardiner, former NDP provincial director at the New Democrat postelection party:
"There's no question Lorne Doerkson was a better opponent than John Rustad was and ran a much better campaign that was run two short years ago," he said. "I think I would have said that it would have been worth waiting a couple of weeks to understand what was going to shake out in terms of both municipal campaigns and the Conservative leadership. But at the same time, the campaign was ready to go and its hard when you are ready to go and not go forward with the plans you have."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
By The Canadian Press | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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