CBC News - Politics

In its third consecutive cut since June, the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate to 4.25 per cent on Wednesday, citing the continued easing of inflation.

Elections Canada says its taking steps ahead of an upcoming Montreal byelection to avoid a repeat of the hours-long delays that hampered ballot counting in a Toronto vote earlier this summer.

The NDP's supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals in Ottawa will get heavy scrutiny when leader Jagmeet Singh meets with his caucus in Montreal next week and the Liberals' decision last month to force binding arbitration to end a work stoppage at the country's major railroads could end uptriggering the end of the pact.