Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre projected to win Alberta by-election

With the final votes still being counted, Poilievre leads with 80.1% in the rural Battle River-Crowfoot riding, according to public broadcaster CBC, which is projecting his victory. It comes four months after his party was defeated by the Mark Carney-led Liberals and he himself lost the seat in Ottawa's parliament he had held for two decades to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy.