2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, British Columbia
The Tim Horton's Junior Provincial Championships were held December 28–January 3 at the Parksville Curling Club in Parksville.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Northwest Territories
Hosted Dec. 28-30 at the Fort Smith CC in Fort Smith.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2015 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships will be held from January 24 to February 1 at the Corner Brook Civic Centre and the Corner Brook Curling Club.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−3:30).


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2015 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships will be held from January 24 to February 1 at the Corner Brook Civic Centre and the Corner Brook Curling Club.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−3:30).


2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship were held from November 10 to 15, 2014 at the North Bay Granite Club in North Bay, Ontario. The winners of this championship represented Canada at the inaugural World Mixed Curling Championship in 2015.


2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials
The 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials were held from March 11 to 15 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario. The winning team of Charley Thomas and Kalynn Park will represent Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, Teams
Twelve teams qualified through provincial and territorial championships, and the rest will be participating as open entries. The teams are listed as follows:


2015 Canadian Rugby Championship
The 2015 Canadian Rugby Championship was the 7th season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. The competition took place between June 28 and July 1, 2015. Again, the format for the 2015 season changed with the tournament seeing a simple two stage knock-out series between the four teams taking place in Calgary, for a total of four games.


2015 Canadian Rugby Championship
The Prairie Wolf Pack beat the Ontario Blues in the final; claiming their first Canadian Rugby Championship, meaning all participating teams have now won the Championship.


2015 Canadian Rugby Championship, Fixtures
All times local to where the game is being played


2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held from March 21 to 28 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The winners represented Canada at the 2016 World Senior Curling Championships.


2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships - Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held from March 21 to 28 at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The winners represented Canada at the 2016 World Senior Curling Championships.


2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships - Men's tournament, Placement Round, Championship Pool, Championship Pool Standings
Including games against other Championship Pool teams from Round Robin


2015 Canadian Soccer League season
The 2015 Canadian Soccer League season was the 18th since its establishment where a total of 22 teams from Ontario took part in the league. The season began on May 9, 2015, and concluded on October 25, 2015. Toronto Croatia  won their sixth championship (ninth including Canadian National Soccer League titles)  in a 1–0 victory over SC Waterloo in the CSL Championship final held at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario. In the regular season the Serbian White Eagles clinched their fourth regular season title, while Milton SC won their first second division championship.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season
The First Division saw an increase to 12 teams, while the Second Division remained the same. New additions to the first division was the return of Brantford Galaxy along with Toronto Atomic, and Scarborough SC as expansion franchises. Founding member North York Astros disbanded their professional team while Kingston FC departed in order to apply for League1 Ontario.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2014
The number of clubs in the First Division saw an increase to 12 teams of the 10 teams that played in the First Division in 2014, eight returned. The departing clubs were North York Astros a charter club with history in the Canadian National Soccer League. The other member included Kingston FC, which had intentions of applying to League1 Ontario. After a two-year hiatus Brantford Galaxy returned to the fold. Two new teams joined for 2015, Scarborough SC, and Toronto Atomic FC.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2014
Toronto Atomic was granted a franchise after operating an academy in the Canadian Academy of Futbol (CAF). The acceptance of Atomic marked the return of a Ukrainian presence in the league since the 1981 season when Toronto Ukrainians played in the predecessor league. Scarborough SC was the brainchild of former player Kiril Dimitrov with intentions of providing professional soccer to the Scarborough territory. A third team, Milton SC, joined from the Second Division. Notable reforms were accepted at the 2015 annual general meeting of team owners where the allowance of import players was increased. On April 8, 2015, the league unveiled their new logo with the inclusion of the date when the league was formed under the National Soccer League banner.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Playoffs, Bracket
The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarter final, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Individual awards
The annual CSL awards ceremony was held in Kitchener, Ontario. The Most Valuable Player award went to Josip Keran of Toronto Croatia. The York Region Shooters went home with two accolades with the CSL Golden Boot going to former Jamaican international Richard West, and Cyndy De Thomasis was honored with the Harry Paul Gauss award. Burlington SC received the most awards with three wins. Firstly the club was given the Fair Play award, while Andrew Stinger and Nikola Stanojevic were selected as the Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Individual awards
Ihor Melnyk, a former Ukrainian Premier League veteran was named the Rookie of the Year, and Vasyl Ishcak was voted the Coach of the Year after clinching Toronto Atomic's first postseason berth. Goran Babic was voted the Referee of the Year by the CSL Referee Committee.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division, Teams
Of the 9 teams that played in the Second Division in 2014, seven returned. Kingston FC B left when their senior team left the First Division. Milton SC moved to the First Division and their reserve team joined the Second Division. Brantford Galaxy B returned when their senior team returned to the First Division after a two-year hiatus. Toronto Atomic FC B joined when their senior team joined the First Division.


2015 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division, Playoffs, Bracket
The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarterfinal, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.


2015 Canadian electoral calendar
This is a list of elections in Canada in 2015. Included are provincial, municipal and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.


2015 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2015–2016 was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Joe Oliver on 21 April 2015. This was the last budget before the 2015 federal election. The budget was supposed to be presented in February or March before the fiscal year began on April 1, but was delayed because of the steep drop in oil prices in the winter of 2014–15. A surplus of $1.4 billion was projected for the fiscal year 2015-2016, however this was adjusted by the new government to a deficit of $1.0 billion by end of March 2016. This was later adjusted to $2.9 billion after reflecting a change requested by the Auditor General dating back 10 years' worth of federal budgets, specifically with regards to the discount rate methodology used to determine the present value of the Government's unfunded pension obligations.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Child care
The Universal Child Care Benefit will be increased to $1,920 per year for each child under the age of 6, and will introduce a new benefit of up to $720 per year for children aged 6 through 17. This measure will be paid for in part by the elimination of the existing Child Tax Credit.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Seniors
The budget will lower the minimum annual withdrawal rate for seniors from their Registered Retirement Income Fund. The minimal withdrawal rate starts at 7.38% at age 71 and increases to 20% by age 94. The budget would lower the rate for those aged 71 to 5.28% to start, and will lower the rate to 18.79% by age 94. The budget also announces a new Home Accessibility Tax Credit of up to $1,500 for the cost of home renovations for seniors or people with disabilities.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Seniors
The government is proposing to extend the Employment Insurance Compassionate Care leave from six weeks to six months for Canadians caring for gravely ill family members.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Security and defence
The budget will spend $439 million from 2015 to 2019 on various national security measures, including counterterrorism programs at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), increased Parliament Hill security, and an extra $2 million a year for the Security Intelligence Review Committee to enhance its oversight of CSIS's expanded operations.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Security and defence
The federal government will also spend $360 million in 2015 on its deployment in Iraq and $7.1 million to train Ukraine's security forces.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Security and defence
The military budget will be increased by $1.1 billion over three years starting in fiscal year 2017–18, from $20 billion in 2014–15. Ottawa is raising to from 2% to 3% the yearly escalator clause in the Department of National Defence's budget.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Public transit
In the budget is a proposal for a new approach to mass transit capital funding that would be based on long-term loans and private sector involvement. The government will establish the Public Transit Fund that would start at $250 million in 2017–18 and grow to $1 billion a year by 2019–20. The government states municipalities could borrow from this fund. Previously, the federal government had provided 1⁄3 of the capital funding for infrastructure projects. The fund is not established by the budget.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Manufacturing investments
The budget also provides $100 million over five years to help auto parts makers develop new products.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Programs, Post-secondary grants
The government is putting an extra $1.3 billion over six years into the Canada Foundation for Innovation, which provides grants for research infrastructure, mainly at colleges and universities.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Taxes, Couples
The budget proposes to allow parents to split their income for tax purposes, which is expected to reduce tax revenues by $4.5 billion a year.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Taxes, Small businesses
The government proposes to reduce the corporate income tax rate on businesses with less than $500,000 in annual income from 11% to 9% in 2019. This is expected to reduce tax revenues $1.2 billion a year when it is fully implemented.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Taxes, Agricultural businesses
The government proposes to increase the lifetime capital gains exemption for farmers and fishing businesses from $800,000 to $1 million for all property sold on or after budget day.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Taxes, Manufacturing
The government had introduced a temporary tax break during the Great Recession to encourage manufacturers to write off part of the cost of modernizing machinery and equipment over a short period of time. The accelerated Capital Cost Allowance has been repeatedly extended since 2007. This budget proposes to extend the measure until 2024, reducing government tax revenues by up to $360 million a year.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Taxes, Banking
The budget proposes to close a loophole used by financial institutions on derivatives contracts, that the government estimates will generate as much as $365 million in the current fiscal year and $1.24 billion over the next four years. Banks would no longer be able to claim an income-tax deduction on dividends paid by Canadian companies under certain derivatives contracts. These "synthetic equity arrangements" have the "potential to significantly erode the Canadian tax base" according to the budget document.


2015 Canadian federal budget, Civil service reforms
The government will save an estimated $900 million this year by targeting a "failing" and "antiquated" system that allows federal bureaucrats to bank their sick days. The government wants to replace the existing practice with a formal disability plan by collective bargaining. If negotiations fail, the government will implement a modernized sick leave and disability regime "within a reasonable time frame".


2015 Canadian federal election
The 2015 Canadian federal election (formally the 42nd Canadian general election)  was held on October 19, 2015, saw the Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, win 184 seats, allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister.


2015 Canadian federal election
The election was held to elect members to the House of Commons of the 42nd Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4. The ensuing campaign was one of the longest in Canadian history. It was also the first time since the 1979 election that a prime minister attempted to remain in office into a fourth consecutive Parliament and the first time since the 1980 election that someone attempted to win a fourth term of any kind as prime minister.


2015 Canadian federal election
The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, won 184 seats, allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister. Trudeau and the rest of his cabinet were sworn in on November 4, 2015. The Conservative Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, won 99 seats, becoming the Official Opposition after nine years on the government benches. The New Democratic Party, led by Thomas Mulcair, won 44 seats, becoming the third-largest party in the House of Commons, after having formed the Official Opposition following the 2011 election. The Bloc Québécois won 10 seats, the Green Party won 1 seat, and Strength in Democracy lost all its seats.


2015 Canadian federal election
The Liberal Party's increase of 148 seats from the previous election was the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Canadian election. Prior to the campaign, the Liberals had held only 36 seats—the fewest seats ever held at dissolution by any federal party that won the following election.


2015 Canadian federal election
The Liberals also became the first federal party in Canadian history to win a majority of seats without having been either the governing party or the Official Opposition in the previous parliament, and this was only the second time a party went from having the third-most seats to the most seats (the first being in 1925). It was the second largest number of seats won in a federal election for the Liberals, the best being 191 in 1949. The election also had the highest voter turnout since 1993. Every party represented in the House of Commons except the Liberal Party recorded a decrease in its popular vote share.


2015 Canadian federal election
Following the election, Harper conceded defeat to Trudeau and resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. Gilles Duceppe resigned as leader of the Bloc Québécois shortly after the election on October 22, 2015. Thomas Mulcair announced his intention to remain leader of the NDP, but was forced to step down in October 2017, after losing a party vote on his leadership in the spring of 2016.


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
The 2011 federal election resulted in the continuation of the incumbent Conservative government headed by Stephen Harper, while the New Democratic Party (NDP) became Official Opposition and the Liberal Party became the third party. The Bloc Québécois won four seats and the Green Party won one seat. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe resigned shortly after failing to win their own ridings. The Bloc Québécois lost official party status by failing to attain the minimum seats needed (12).


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
Bob Rae was chosen as interim leader of the Liberal Party. In July 2011 Jack Layton, suffering from cancer, temporarily stepped down as leader of the NDP because of illness, indicating his intention to return for the reconvening of Parliament in September. Weeks later Layton died of cancer and was given a state funeral. In March 2012 Tom Mulcair was elected leader of the New Democratic Party. In April 2013 Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party.


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
Bloc Québécois leader Daniel Paillé stepped down in December 2013 and was eventually replaced in June 2014 by Mario Beaulieu, who in turn was later replaced in June 2015 by Duceppe. In late 2014, MPs Jean-François Larose of the NDP and Jean-François Fortin of the Bloc formed the new political party Strength in Democracy.


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
As set forth in the Fair Representation Act, the number of seats in the House of Commons to be contested in the 42nd Canadian federal election was 338, an increase of 30 seats from the 308 seats comprising the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Parliament of Canada, at its dissolution.


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
Prime Minister Stephen Harper requested writs of election for a federal general election from Governor General David Johnston on August 2. The official proclamations were issued on August 4. The date of the vote is determined by the fixed-date Canada Elections Act. At 11 weeks, the campaign was the longest in modern Canadian history.


2015 Canadian federal election, Background
As a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the number of electoral districts was increased to 338, with additional seats based on population assigned to Alberta (6), British Columbia (6), Ontario (15), and Quebec (3).


2015 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' debates
Traditionally, party leaders participated in at least two nationally televised debates during the federal election – at least one each in English and French. These debates were produced by a consortium of Canada's major television networks. In May 2015, the Conservatives said they would not participate in the consortium debates and instead would take part in as many as five independently staged debates in the run-up to the fall federal election. Ultimately, the Conservatives agreed to participate in a French-language debate organized by the consortium of broadcasters as one of their five debates.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' debates
The New Democratic Party confirmed that Tom Mulcair would accept every debate where the prime minister was present. The NDP had previously confirmed its intention to participate in both of the consortium debates before Stephen Harper withdrew but ultimately only participated in the French language consortium debate which included the Conservatives. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau attended the Maclean's, Globe and Mail, and French consortium debates; and the Liberals confirmed he would attend the other debates. The Bloc Québécois attended the French language consortium debate and confirmed its attendance at the French-language TVA debate.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Leaders' debates
The Green Party attended the Maclean's and French language consortium debates, and confirmed its intention to participate in the English language consortium debate. Strength in Democracy, which had the same number of seats in the House of Commons at dissolution as the Greens and Bloc Québécois, were not invited to participate in any of the televised debates. The leaders of the party objected to their exclusion and launched a petition demanding that all parties represented in Parliament be invited to the debates. Other minor parties without representation in the House of Commons were not invited to participate in any of the televised debates.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election campaign, Controversies
The second Canadian federal election to significantly incorporate social media, the 2015 campaign was notable for the rise of new avenues of scrutiny for potential candidates. A number of damaging revelations for each of the major political parties late in the campaign led to calls for increased vetting amongst political strategists, academics and outside observers.


2015 Canadian federal election, Opinion polls
Evolution of voting intentions during the campaign leading up to the 2015 Canadian federal election to be held on October 19, 2015. Points represent results of individual polls.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending
Before the campaign, there were no limits to what a political party, candidate, or third party (corporations, unions, special interest groups, etc.) can spend: spending rules are only in force after the writs have been dropped and the campaign has begun. Because the election period is set longer than the standard 37-day election period, spending limits are increased in proportion to the length of the period.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Reimbursements for political parties and candidates
Political parties receive a reimbursement for 50 per cent of their election expenses during the writ period. Similarly, candidates (through their official agents) receive a reimbursement of 60 per cent of their election expenses during the writ period. Both reimbursements are publicly funded.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Fundraising
Elections Canada reports that during the financial quarter preceding the writ period, the Conservatives received $7.4 million in contributions, the NDP received $4.5 million, and the Liberals received $4.0 million. The NDP had the most individual donors at 48,314, followed by the Conservatives at 45,532 and then the Liberals at 32,789.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Fundraising
The New Democratic Party stated that it collected greater than $9 million in the third quarter of 2015, the most it ever received from donors, and greater than the quarterly record established by the Conservative Party in 2011.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Fundraising
At the riding level, financial reports in each of the 338 constituencies showed that in Conservative electoral district associations ended 2014 with net assets totalling more than $19 million, Liberal riding associations reported a total of about $8 million in net assets, and NDP associations more than $4.4 million.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Fundraising
Individuals are able to give up to $1,500 to each political party and an additional $1,500 to all the registered associations, nomination contestants and candidates of each registered party combined.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election spending, Registered third parties
A person or group must register as a third party immediately after incurring election advertising expenses totalling $500 or more. There are strict limits on advertising expenses, and specific limits that can be incurred to promote or oppose the election of one or more candidates in a particular electoral district. There were 112 registered third parties in the 2015 election. There was a $150,000 election advertising expenses limit. Of that amount, no more than $8,788 could be incurred to promote or oppose the election of one or more candidates in a particular electoral district.


2015 Canadian federal election, Election aftermath
Hours after conceding defeat on election night, incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, though he announced his intention to remain in the new parliament as a backbencher after being elected in the riding of Calgary Heritage. The Conservative caucus met on November 5, 2015, and elected former health minister and Alberta MP Rona Ambrose as interim leader of the party, and hence, interim Leader of the Official Opposition. The next Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held on May 27, 2017. Following his swearing in on November 4, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that parliament would reconvene on December 3, 2015, with the Speech from the Throne to follow on December 4.


2015 Canadian federal election, Cabinet appointments
On November 4, 2015, the following individuals were sworn in as cabinet ministers of the 29th Canadian Ministry, in addition to Justin Trudeau as prime minister and minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth:


2015 Canadian honours
The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2015. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.


2015 Canadian honours
However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2015 calendar year.


2015 Canadian honours
Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours are listed within the page.


2015 Canadian wildfires
2015 Canadian wildfires were a series of wildfires across Canada and Alaska in July 2015 which spread smoke across most of North America. Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.


2015 Canadian wildfires
Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than 1,900,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres) of forest had burned. Fire-fighters from Mexico, Western Australia, and New Zealand were sent to assist. The Canadian military also fought the fires. Since the smoke was so dense, warnings had been given across central and Western Canada; additionally, parts of the western United States were also issued air advisories because of the amount of smoke. Wildfires have burned one million hectares (2.4 million acres) in Saskatchewan in the past year according to statistics posted on the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.


2015 Canadian wildfires
The words people have used to describe this natural disaster is "extreme, unprecedented, and historic." A majority of the ecosystem where the fire had been burning consists of boreal forests. Circumstances for catastrophic fires were created as a result of the fuel buildup starting in the 1950s caused fire inhibition. This outcome created a change in the landscape-age mosaic. Initially, this fuel buildup was created for closed canopy ecosystems such as the Pinus ponderosa located in the western United States.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Causes
The major factors of the severe wildfire situation were weather conditions, dead grass, winds and lightning. Dead, dry grass were particularly flammable due to high temperatures and lack of rain. Meanwhile, fires spread very quick with forest fuels in windy situations. Moreover, lightning further deteriorated the situation.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Wildfire progression
The wildfire season in Alberta in 2015 was unprecedented and began earlier than before. It started on 1 March and ended on October 31. By May 21, the wildfire hazard in the High Level Wildfire Management Area (HLWMA) was EXTREME. A fire restriction started in effect. As for  July 10, the wildfire hazard dropped because of rain. By October 31, HLWMA had 333 wildfires and totalled 1,773 wildfires recorded, which was such a large figure that only had been exceeded twice since 1990, with 491,802 hectares burned.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Response Effort, First Responders
The 2015 fire season pushed the system to its limit in terms of engaging resources in a situation where other jurisdictions were also demanding resources. Fire suppression cost $198,561,059 in total, mobilising just short of 2000 personnel in the 2015 fire season. As a result, they contained 92.7% of wildfire in the first burning period, and 95.6% in the second burning period. The 2015 Fire season and wildfire management program review concluded that fire suppression was ‘well-defined and well-executed’.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Response Effort, First Responders
However, more than 13,000 people were forced from their homes due to northern Saskatchewan blazes, according to Red Cross. The Canadian Red Cross, as of the 9th July 2015, had assisted more than 7,800 people in the province's northern region, with a total of 280 trained Red Cross personnel from across Canada on the ground with many others coordinating from a distance. The Saskatchewan government was forced to bring in a Sikorsky S-64 skycrane from Montana, and the deployment of an immediate response team of 500 members from the Canadian Armed Forces.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Response Effort, Political Response
The political response to the wildfires was mixed. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited a local crew near West Kelowna, B.C. Speaking to the media on the visit, Harper said "We know these are tough and are sometimes dangerous jobs and these efforts really are appreciated by everybody." Looking forward to the future, Harper told reporters that he had spoken with Premier Christy Clark and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall about improving methods of fire fighting.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Provincial
All provinces in Canada were impacted by forest fires in the 2015 season but the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan experienced unprecedented numbers of wildfires and hectares burned. The province of Alberta had 306 wildfires early in the season, which was 100 wildfires above historic averages and was the first indicator of an early and above normal forest fire season. Higher than normal winter and early spring temperatures in Alberta, as well as low precipitation averages across all the Western Canadian provinces was noted. The province of Saskatchewan experienced 292 wildfires above the 10-year average for the province.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Socioeconomic
During the 2015 wildfires, almost 18,000 people were evacuated in approximately 80 evacuation events. The indigenous peoples make up a large portion of the total number of evacuees - they are disproportionately affected by the wildfires since they often live in remote forest areas. Forests are their main work and food source, and are also important from a cultural standpoint.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Socioeconomic
The province with the highest number of evacuees for 2015 season was Saskatchewan, including communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian band where fires forced 13,000 people to leave their homes – making it the largest evacuation in the Saskatchewan history.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Socioeconomic
In British Columbia,  1,144 homes were evacuated (approximately 3,432 individuals), and over 50 structures were destroyed, the highest number since 2003, throughout the province, with major losses at Puntzi Lake and Rock Creek  during 2015 wildfire season.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Socioeconomic
Wildfires also resulted in road closures which negatively impacted the oilsands, conventional oil, and gas industry in Alberta. Moreover, the damage to the forests and the forestry industry culminated into a total cost of almost $20 million CAD for remedial reforestation and reclamation work funded by the Alberta province.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Health
Air quality advisories were issued in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan due extensive amounts of smoke and particulates in the air. The air quality advisories encouraged the elderly, infants, and individuals living with chronic illness to remain indoors; healthy individuals were encouraged to avoid outdoor strenuous activities to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke. Two wildfire suppression related fatalities occurred during the 2015 Canadian wildfires.


2015 Canadian wildfires, Impact, Environment
Burned soil and tree roots needed a long time to recover with complexly different species. Ashes and deeply burned organic soils which had high heat might smoulder under snow, leading to more fires. Moreover, wildfires produced air pollutants, polluting a quite large area of Canada and the United States.


2015 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
The 2015 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 155 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.


2015 Canarian Island Cabildo elections, Island Cabildo control
The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.


2015 Canarian regional election
The 2015 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2015 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Canarians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).


2015 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 30 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached six percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.


2015 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


2015 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 22 May 2011, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 24 May 2015.


2015 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2015 Canarian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.


2015 Canary Wharf Squash Classic
The Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2015 is the 2015 Canary Wharf Squash Classic, which is a tournament of the PSA World Tour event International (Prize money : 50 000 $). The event took place at the East Wintergarden in London in England from 23 March to 27 March. Nick Matthew won his fifth Canary Wharf Squash Classic trophy, beating Simon Rösner in the final.


2015 Canary Wharf Squash Classic, Prize money and ranking points
For 2015, the prize purse was $50,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:


2015 Canberra Raiders season
The 2015 Canberra Raiders season was the 34th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.


2015 Canberra Raiders season, Fixtures, Preseason, NRL Aukland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the Tigers, Warriors and Titans.


2015 Canberra Tennis International
The 2015 Canberra Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 1 and 8 November 2015.


2015 Canberra Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Canberra Tennis International, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2015 Canberra Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Canberra Tennis International, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Doubles
Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington won the title, beating Brydan Klein and Dane Propoggia 7–6(7–2), 6–3


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Men's Singles
Benjamin Mitchell won the title, beating Luke Saville 5–7, 6–0, 6–1


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Doubles
This was a new event in the ITF Women's Circuit.


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Misa Eguchi and Eri Hozumi won the inaugural title, defeating Lauren Embree and Asia Muhammad in the final, 7–6(15–13), 1–6, [14–12].


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Singles
This was a new event in the ITF Women's Circuit.


2015 Canberra Tennis International – Women's Singles
Asia Muhammad won the title, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. French actor Lambert Wilson was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
The Palme d'Or was awarded to the French film Dheepan directed by Jacques Audiard. On winning the award Audiard said "To receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched".


2015 Cannes Film Festival
The festival poster featured Hollywood star and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, photographed by David Seymour. The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Bergman for her contributions to films and who also served as the Jury President at 1973 Cannes Film Festival. As part of the tribute to Bergman, the Swedish documentary Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words was screened in the Cannes Classics section.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
Standing Tall, directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, was the festival's opening film. This was the second opening film in the festival's history to have been directed by a woman, after A Man in Love by Diane Kurys which opened the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Ice and the Sky, directed by Luc Jacquet, was the festival's closing film. Both the opening and closing films were selected for the strength and importance of their messages—Standing Tall for the way its themes respond to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and Ice and the Sky for its concern for the future of the planet.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
French film director Agnès Varda was presented with the honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She is also the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
The Official Selection of films for the 2015 festival, including the line-up for the Main Competition, was announced on 16 April 2015.


2015 Cannes Film Festival
At the festival, director Thierry Frémaux asked celebrities to abstain from taking selfies on the red carpet. While he did not have the powers to ban the pictures from the red carpet altogether, Thierry Fremaux urged celebrities to resist the temptation.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition
The full jury for the Main Competition was announced on 21 April 2015:


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, In competition
The films competing for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015. Two films were added to the main competition line-up on 23 April 2015, Valley of Love, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, and Chronic, directed by Michel Franco. The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section. Lamb, the first feature film directed by Yared Zeleke, is also the first Ethiopian film to be included in the Official Selection. Sweet Red Bean Paste, directed by Naomi Kawase, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Out of competition
The following films were selected to screen out of competition:


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 1,600 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing a Spanish film school had been selected. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short films
Out of 4,550 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 30 April 2015. Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras was announced as the guest of honor. In tribute to the recently deceased Portuguese film director, Cannes Classics screened Manoel de Oliveira's posthumous 1982 film Memories and Confessions. The film was previously unseen outside of Portugal.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The full selection for the International Critics' Week section was announced on 20 April 2015, at the section's website. The Anarchists, directed by Elie Wajeman, and Learn by Heart, directed by Mathieu Vadepied, were selected as the opening and closing films for the International Critics' Week section.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
Feature films - The winner of the Nespresso Grand Prize has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
Shorts selection - The winner of the Discovery Award for Short Film has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website. In the Shadow of Women, directed by Philippe Garrel, and Dope, directed by Rick Famuyiwa were selected as the opening and closing films for the Directors' Fortnight section. Actua 1, a previously unseen 1968 short film directed by Garrel, preceded the screening of In the Shadow of Women.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
Feature films - The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
Shorts selection - The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted.


2015 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, ACID
ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2015, at the section's website.


2015 Canning by-election
The 2015 Canning by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives on Saturday 19 September from 8 am to 6 pm WST. The by-election in the seat of Canning was triggered by the death of sitting Liberal MP Don Randall on 21 July 2015.


2015 Canning by-election
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith issued the writ for the by-election on 17 August 2015. Due to the requirement that the by-election must be held with at least 33 days' notice, the date set for polling day was the earliest possible day for holding it: 19 September. The electoral roll in Canning closed on 24 August and candidate nominations closed on 27 August.


2015 Canning by-election
Twelve candidates contested the election. Edith Cowan University political analyst Harry Phillips said despite the Liberals holding Canning since the 2001 election, it would still be a "hotly contested seat".


2015 Canning by-election, How-to-vote cards
How-to-vote cards are distributed to voters at polling stations to provide information with how the candidate suggests preferences be allocated. Candidates and parties which suggested preferences are shown in each column of the table below. The Sustainable Population Party ran an open card at this by-election.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Federal
The Canning by-election was described by many commentators as a key test for the Abbott government and for the leadership of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. On 14 September, Malcolm Turnbull won the leadership spill against Mr Abbott. In the lead-up to the spill, it was reported Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Cabinet that Labor wanted the Liberals to win the seat of Canning, so Mr Abbott would not be ousted as Prime Minister, preferring to campaign against him at the next federal election.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Federal
Earlier in the year, Western Australian backbenchers Luke Simpkins and Don Randall moved a leadership spill against Mr Abbott declaring he had disconnected from voters. The prediction of a 10-point swing against the Liberals in the Canning by-election may have sparked a realisation in the Liberal party that something had to change. Current speculation centres on what effect the leadership spill will have on the by-election. While Labor candidate Matt Keogh had begun to gain traction in the region, Turnbull's election "immediately boosted the numbers for the Liberals". However, analysis of the postal votes, which had been cast before the leadership change, show a similar swing as the polling day votes, indicating that the change in federal Liberal leadership had no effect.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Federal
The solar industry letter-boxed all electors to vote against the Liberal Party and support Labor, Greens and PUP in response to the federal government's intention to scrap the small-scale renewable energy target. The Greens chose renewable energy as one of their main campaign topics, by electing Curtin University sustainability lecturer Vanessa Rauland as their candidate. An opinion poll conducted during the election campaign showed that 65% of voters would support a renewable energy target of 50% by 2030.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Federal
Same-sex marriage legislation was identified as an issue that might be decided by a conscience vote in federal parliament. The views of all Canning candidates were surveyed by the Australian Marriage Equality group and the Mandurah Mail. Opposed to same-sex marriage were Andrew Hastie (Liberal), Jamie Van Burgel (Christians), Jim McCourt (Family First) and independent Teresa van Lieshout, while Vimal Sharma (Palmer United) did not answer the question. All other candidates supported same-sex marriage. A survey conducted by ReachTel during the campaign showed 47% of the electorate in support and 41% opposed to same-sex marriage.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Local
Police statistics in the lead-up to the by-election showed Armadale had one of the highest crime rates in the Perth metropolitan area.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Local
Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie cited crime as a top issue, alongside jobs, and pledged one of the first things he would do if elected would be to take action on methamphetamine and ice. Hastie blamed the previous Labor federal government for leaving a "huge fiscal hole". He advocated a combined "law enforcement and a compassionate community solution". He said, "I would look at bringing a whole bunch of stakeholders together, from law enforcement through to community councillors to educators to medical people and tackling ice head on."


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Local
Labor candidate Matt Keogh also said crime and community safety were repeatedly raised by people in the electorate. He attacked the Abbott Government, saying it had cut funding to crisis services and community groups dealing with ice and other drugs, domestic violence and social breakdown. Keogh said the Abbott Government had stripped community organisations of certainty.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling issues, Local
The cities of Armadale and Cockburn joined forces to lobby the federal government to try to secure millions of dollars during the campaign to upgrade major road infrastructure. The two councils believed $300 million was needed to transform more of Armadale Road into a dual carriageway and to build a new bridge over Kwinana Freeway to link North Lake Road at Cockburn Central. The councils planned to letter drop householders voting in the Canning by-election urging them to email federal and state MPs to help secure the funding. At the Labor Party state conference on 29 August, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten promised to spend $170 million on infrastructure projects in Canning.


2015 Canning by-election, Voter demographics
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced 112,809 people were eligible to cast a vote in the by-election, after the electoral roll registration for the 19 September poll closed on 24 August. Almost half of those enrolled to vote in the by-election were aged 50 and over, reflecting the high number of retirees in the Western Australian electorate. Just 10 per cent were aged 25 or younger.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling places and postal voting
The AEC planned 45 polling places for the by-election, with early postal voting from 25 August. The AEC planned three mobile voting teams on the day, including two teams to visit nursing homes and hospitals, and the third to visit Karnet Prison Farm in Serpentine.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling
On 14 September, four days before the election and amid the rolling of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia, the ReachTel poll showed Liberal at a by-election campaign high of 57% compared to Labor at 43% on two party preferred vote.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling
Previously, the ReachTEL poll published in The West Australian on 28 August, showed Liberal ahead 51% to 49%. The poll of 782 voters was commissioned by Australian Marriage Equality and WA director Brian Greig said the 62% support for gay marriage among undecided voters could decide the by-election.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling
Days earlier, the ReachTEL poll published in The West Australian on 26 August, Labor was slightly ahead 50.1% to Liberal on 49.9%. The poll of 768 voters was commissioned by the union United Voice.


2015 Canning by-election, Polling
On 15–16 August 2015, 508 Canning voters (MoE of 4.3^) were polled by Newspoll via landline phone. Primary votes were Liberal 41% (−10.1), Labor 36% (+9.4), Greens 11% (+3.6), Palmer 2% (−4.9) and Others 10% (+2.0). Based on preference flows at the previous election (which have recently significantly favoured Liberal in national polling compared to respondent-allocated preferences), the two-party vote equated to Liberal 51% (−10.8) and Labor 49% (+10.8).


2015 Canning by-election, Results
Though the Turnbull Government was just four days old, their candidate Andrew Hastie retained the seat for the Liberals, declared 24 September, despite having to rely on preferences after a substantial, though dampened, primary (−4.15) and two-party (−6.55) swing away from the Liberals − solidly less than the double-digit swings polls had predicted under an Abbott Government − however, some double-digit swings did eventuate among the suburban booths in the north of the seat. The Canning Liberal margin was reduced from safe to marginal status. Political analysts agreed the by-election was a "good outcome for both major parties".


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election
Elections to Cannock Chase District Council took place on 7 May 2015 on the same day as other local elections in England as well as a general election. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 15 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards.


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election
The Labour Party held control of the council but with a reduced majority of two compared with the previous election. Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats in Brereton and Ravenhill but suffered a net loss of three due to losses elsewhere.


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election
The Conservative Party won the highest number of seats and votes, gaining four seats from Labour and one from the Lib Dems as well as holding the four seats they had won at the 2011 election. They also regained two seats from councillors who had defected since 2011, one who went to UKIP and one who became an independent.


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election
UKIP came a strong third, gaining over 20% of the votes but no seats, leaving them with five seats on the council, meaning they lost their status as the main opposition party. The Liberal Democrats saw their vote share collapse and they lost the two seats they had won in 2011, leaving them with one councillor. The Green Party contested an election in the district for the first time, putting up a candidate in every ward and coming fourth in terms of vote share.


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election, Results, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election, Ward results
Vote share changes are based on the results achieved by parties in 2011 when these seats were last contested.


2015 Cannock Chase District Council election, Ward results, Hawks Green
^ John Bernard was the sitting councillor for the Hawks Green ward and previously defected from the Conservatives to UKIP.


2015 Cannondale–Garmin season
The 2015 season for the Cannondale–Garmin cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are  obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Cannondale–Garmin season
After months of speculation, Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale announced on 20 August 2014 that for the 2015 season the two teams will merge. The team is more a continuity of the Garmin team managed by Slipstream Sports, who will remain the managerial organisation behind the team, with Cannondale becoming the team's title sponsor and bike supplier, and Garmin remaining a key team sponsor.


2015 Canoe Marathon European Championships
The 2015 Canoe Marathon European Championships were the twelfth edition of the Canoe Marathon European Championships, which took place between 1 and 5 July 2015 at Bohinj, Slovenia. The competition consisted of sixteen events – ten in kayak and six in canoe – divided in junior, under–23 and senior categories.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 28th edition.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Calendar
The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Prague, Czech Republic (June 19–21) and closed with the World Cup Final in Pau, France (August 14–16).


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings
The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (double points were awarded for the World Cup Final for all the competitors who reached at least the semifinal stage). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run (10 points in the World Cup Final). If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1
The first race of the series took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 19 to 21 June.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2
The second race of the series took place at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course, Poland from 26 to 28 June. There were no team events here.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3
The third race of the series took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 3 to 5 July.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4
The penultimate race of the series took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 7 to 9 August. There were no team events here.


2015 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Final
The final race of the series took place at the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium, France from 14 to 16 August.


2015 Canoe Sprint European Championships
The 2015 Canoe Sprint European Championships was the 27th edition of the Canoe Sprint European Championships, an international canoe and kayak sprint event organised by the European Canoe Association, held in Račice, Czech Republic, between 1 and 3 May 2015.


2015 Canon Media Awards
The 2015 Canon Media Awards were hosted by Hilary Barry, for the New Zealand Newspaper Publishers' Association, on 22 May 2015 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The Newspaper of the Year was The New Zealand Herald, and the Reporter of the Year was Jared Savage of The New Zealand Herald.


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Photography
Photographer of the Year: Brett Phibbs, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Photography
Junior Photographer of the Year: Charlotte Curd, Taranaki Daily News


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Digital
Best Video: Asher Finlayson & Tony Wall - stuff.co.nz/Sunday Star-Times


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine Feature Writer of the Year: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine Feature Writer Health and Education: Jolisa Gracewood, North & South


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine Feature Writer Science and Technology: Donna Chisholm, North & South


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Mike White, North & South


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper of the Year (plus 30,000 circulation): The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation): Taranaki Daily News


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine: Viva - The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Reporter of the Year: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Junior Reporter of the Year: Talia Shadwell, The Dominion Post


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Reporter Crime and Justice: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Reporter Health and Education: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Charles Anderson, The Press/Nelson Mail


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Junior Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Jeremy Olds, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Regional/Community Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Naomi Arnold, The Nelson Mail


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer Business and Politics: Adam Dudding, Sunday Star-Times


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer Crime and Justice: Amy Maas, Herald on Sunday


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer Health and Education: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer Science and Technology: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Greg Dixon, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, General
Student Journalist of the Year: Don Rowe, Wintec/Sky Sport magazine/Waikato Times


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, General
Best Columnist – humour/satire: Deborah Hill Cone, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, General
Best Columnist – general: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, General
Columnist of the Year: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald


2015 Canon Media Awards, Winners, General
Editorial Writer of the Year: Peter Jackson, The Northland Age


2015 Cantabrian regional election
The 2015 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 35 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Cantabrians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado).


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 35 members of the Parliament of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 22 May 2011, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 24 May 2015.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
The President of the Autonomous Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Cantabria and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2015 Cantabrian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 18 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria (20 until 1 June 2012).


2015 Canterbury City Council election
The 2015 Canterbury City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
The 2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 81st in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, who replaces Michael Ennis after his departure from the club. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. After finishing the 2014 season as the runners up, the team will be aiming to go one step further and win the premiership this year.


2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Fixtures, Regular season
The Bulldogs will begin the regular season with an away match against the Penrith Panthers on March 8. They will host their first home game against the Parramatta Eels the following week on March 13.


2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season, Fixtures, Regular season
The Club's 80th anniversary will be celebrated with a return to Belmore Sports Ground on July 26 in a match against the Cronulla Sharks.


2015 Cape Town Cup
The 2015 Cape Town Cup was a pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by South African Premier Division club Ajax Cape Town and held at the Cape Town Stadium, the club's home ground.


2015 Cape Town Cup
The inaugural tournament took place on 24 July and 26 July 2015 and featured the hosts, Crystal Palace, Sporting CP and Supersport United.


2015 Cape Town Cup
The winner was Sporting CP after they beat Crystal Palace in the final. There was no 4th place due to a tie in the 3rd place match.


2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 36th beginner level competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 9 May and finished on 11 July. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The schedule including its matches were created on Saturday January 10. CS Mindelense won the eleventh title and became the second club after Sporting Praia to win three in a row. Neither clubs participated in the CAF Champions League competition in 2016 and in the  2016 CAF Confederation Cup. This was the second ever and most recent finals competition that two clubs came from the same island as well as the same city.


2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
CS Mindelense was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title.


2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The biggest win was Mindelense who scored 6-0 over Sporting Clube from Brava. In Group A, only one club scored more than ten goals while four clubs in Group B scored more than ten, the top two scored 14 each and the 3rd and 4th place clubs scored 12 each. Mindelense became the third and recent club to win all five matches in a six club group stage, Derby also done theirs for the second and most recent time.ĵ


2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The finals had two of its matches ended in a draw with a goal each, this was the first time that happened. The winner was decided on penalty kicks and Mindelense won 4-3 on penalty kicks, this was the first that ended in a penalty shootout in 21 years, the next occurred in the following season.


2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Participating clubs, Information about the clubs
Italics indicates a team playing in a stadium in a different town or city.


2015 Capital Football season
The 2015 Capital Football season was the third season under the new competition format in the Australian Capital Territory. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.


2015 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2015 National Premier League ACT
The 2015 National Premier League ACT season was played over 18 rounds, from April to August 2015.


2015 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2015 ACT Capital League
The 2015 ACT Capital League was the third edition of the new Capital League as the second level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches.


2015 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2015 Capital Football Division 1
The 2015 ACT Capital Football Division 1 was the first edition of the new Capital League Division 1 as the third level domestic association football competition in the ACT. 10 teams competed, all playing each team twice for a total of 18 rounds.


2015 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2015 Capital Football Division 1
NBOne match was postponed and subsequently could not be played.


2015 Capital Football season, League Tables, 2015 Women's Capital League and Division 1
2015 saw a combined Capital (CL) and Division One (Div1) league for the women with the two divisions splitting into separate finals post the regular season.


2015 Capital Football season, Cup Competitions, 2015 Federation Cup
2015 was the 53rd edition of the Capital Football Federation Cup. The Federation cup acts as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup in the ACT with the Cup winner entering the subsequent FFA Cup round of 32. In 2015, the Federation Cup, which is open to all senior men's teams registered with Capital Football, consisted of two rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. NPL clubs entered the tournament in the second round. The Cup ran from 14 April 2015 (first round) till 20 June 2015 (final). Gungahlin clinched the 2015 Cup with a 1–0 victory in extra time over Belconnen, with Daniel Barac scoring the winning goal.


2015 Caribbean Premier League
The 2015 Caribbean Premier League season was the third season of the Caribbean Premier League, established by the West Indies Cricket Board. It began on 20 June and ended on 26 July.


2015 Caribbean Premier League
This season saw the introduction of a new team, the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots as a replacement for the defunct franchise Antigua Hawksbills. This season also saw Dwayne Bravo establish the record for taking the most number of wickets in a single season, with 28 wickets to his name in 13 matches with one 5-wicket and a couple of 4-wicket hauls.


2015 Caribbean Premier League squads
This is a list of the squads of the teams that participated in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League.


2015 Caribbean Series
The 2015 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 57th edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Cuban National Series, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place February 2–8 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The teams played a ten-game round robin, followed by the semifinals and championship game.


2015 Caribbean drought
The 2015 Caribbean drought is an ongoing drought affecting the Caribbean islands, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago. The situation is further aggravated by the presence of an abnormal amount of dust and dry air over the southern Atlantic. Besides the especially hard hit U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, other Caribbean islands were affected by drought conditions to varying degrees. These include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. The drought region also extends to Guyana in the northeastern region of South America.


2015 Caribbean drought, Puerto Rico
The water crisis has affected primarily the eastern part of the island. According to the United States Drought Monitor, about 20 percent of the island has been experiencing “extreme” to “exceptionally extreme” drought. The situation has been aggravated by a lack of maintenance of the infrastructure, whereby more than half of the water supply is lost through distribution. July, usually one of the wettest months, saw only 4 cm of rain. The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA), responsible for managing water on the island, initiated rationing in May 2015.


2015 Caribbean drought, Puerto Rico
NBC simultaneously reported that 2.5 million people were affected while a press director from PRASA rather estimated that number to be more near to 400,000. Water supply is being shut off for up to 48 hours when rationed. As the drought affected crops and livestock the U. S. Department of Agriculture started to provide emergency loans to certain municipalities, particularly to those in the Caguas valley who have entirely loss their harvests.


2015 Caribbean drought, Puerto Rico
Major tourist areas are exempt from rationing and continue to function normally.


2015 Caribbean drought, Puerto Rico
The water crisis comes at a time when Puerto Rico suffers a financial debt crisis, compromising its response to the drought. In addition, an economic recession has led hundreds of thousand of islanders to leave the island looking for work on the mainland, a phenomenon expected to intensify due to the rationing.


2015 Caribbean drought, Puerto Rico
The last major water crisis in Puerto Rico was in 1994 when rationing was implemented as well.


2015 Carling Black Label Cup
The 2015 Carling Black Label Cup was the fifth edition of the Carling Black Label Cup to be held.


2015 Carling Black Label Cup
A South African beer brand Black Label started the “Be The Coach” where the fans had the opportunity to elect the starting 11 of their desired players from the two Soweto derby arch rivals, Orlando Pirates, and Kaizer Chiefs, which are two of the most successful and largest soccer clubs in South Africa.


2015 Carling Black Label Cup
Orlando Pirates defeated Kaizer Chiefs 4-3 on penalties after the game finished 1-1, with Tendai Ndoro scoring the winning kick for Pirates.


2015 Carling Black Label Cup, Venue
The FNB Stadium was chosen to host this once a year event. The FNB Stadium, known as Soccer City during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is a stadium located in Nasrec, the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa.


2015 Carlisle City Council election
The 2015 Carlisle City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Carlisle City Council in England. They occurred on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1887. The championship began on 11 July 2015 and ended on 18 October 2015.


2015 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
On 18 October 2015, St. Mullin's won the championship following a 1-14 to 0-10 defeat of Mount Leinster Rangers in the final. This was their 25th championship title, their second in succession.


2015 Carlow–Kilkenny by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Carlow–Kilkenny constituency in Ireland on Friday, 22 May 2015, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Phil Hogan on his appointment as European Commissioner. It was held on the same day as national referendums on marriage equality and the age of eligibility for election to the office of president. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring. The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 29 April 2015.


2015 Carlow–Kilkenny by-election
At the 2011 general election, the constituency elected three Fine Gael TDs, one Labour Party TD and one Fianna Fáil TD. In the May 2014 local elections, Carlow County Council elected 6 Fine Gael, 5 Fianna Fáil, 3 Sinn Féin, 2 Labour and 2 Independent Councillors, while Kilkenny County Council elected 10 Fianna Fáil, 7 Fine Gael, 3 Sinn Féin, 2 Labour, 1 Green Party and 1 Independent Councillor. Patrick McKee, who stood for Renua Ireland, had been elected to Kilkenny County Council for Fianna Fáil.


2015 Carlow–Kilkenny by-election
Former TD Bobby Aylward of Fianna Fáil won the by-election on the 9th count, having received 27.8% of the first-preference votes. Aylward had previously represented Carlow–Kilkenny from 2007 until 2011. The result marked the first by-election win for Fianna Fáil since 1996, and the first time they had gained a seat from Fine Gael in a by-election since the Donegal–Leitrim contest in 1970.


2015 Carlsbad Classic
The 2015 Carlsbad Classic was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament as part of the 2015 WTA 125K series. It took place in Carlsbad, California, United States, on 23–29 November 2015. First-seeded Yanina Wickmayer won the singles title.


2015 Carlsbad Classic, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Carlsbad Classic, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2015 Carlsbad Classic – Doubles
This is the first edition of the tournament as part of the WTA 125K Series. Gabriela Cé and Verónica Cepede Royg won the title, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Tatjana Maria in the final 1–6, 6–4, [10–8].


2015 Carlsbad Classic – Singles
This is the first edition of the tournament as part of the WTA 125K Series.


2015 Carlsbad Classic – Singles
Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Nicole Gibbs in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–4).


2015 Carlton Football Club season
The 2015 AFL season was the 119th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club. A very poor season for the club, which was disrupted by the sacking after only eight rounds of third-year coach Mick Malthouse, Carlton finished last on the ladder with a record of 4–18.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The 2015 AFL season was the 119th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 119th season contested by the Carlton Football Club. Carlton's primary home ground for games was the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the club hosting six matches at the venue and five at Etihad Stadium – a small change from the previous season, when the club had played six games at Etihad Stadium and five at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
Traditional home ground at Princes Park (which was renamed from Visy Park to Ikon Park from the start of the year under a two-year naming rights deal with Ikon Services Australia) continued to serve as the training and administrative base. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Northern Blues when not selected in AFL matches.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
Following an online vote of members, the club changed the font of the CFC monogram on the front of its playing guernsey. The new monogram, more traditional in style, featured block-style letters and no gaps at the intersections between letters; it matched the design which had been used between 1927 and 1997, and which had thrice been worn as a heritage guernsey during the 2014 season.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club's membership for the 2015 season was 47,305, a 0.4% reduction from the 2014 membership of 47,485; it was Carlton's second consecutive reduction in membership, and the club was one of only three clubs to suffer a drop in membership in the 2015 season. The club made a net operating loss of $2,700,000 for the season.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Mark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he has held since June 2014. Mick Malthouse began the season as senior coach, with his coaching panel unchanged from 2014; following his Malthouse dismissal on 26 May, backline assistant coach John Barker stepped in as caretaker.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Marc Murphy continued into his third season as club captain, as part of a five-man leadership group, a reduction from the seven-man group which led the team in 2014. Bryce Gibbs, Lachlan Henderson and Michael Jamison remained in the group from 2014 – Gibbs and Jamison were named vice-captains – and Sam Rowe was elevated to the group. Leaving the group were Andrew Carrazzo and Kade Simpson, who both stepped down from the group after serving in it for many years, and Brock McLean, who was delisted.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Squad for 2015
Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the conclusion of the 2015 season.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches
The club's three scheduled pre-season matches were played as part of the 2015 NAB Challenge series.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Carlton performed very poorly in the early part of the home-and-away season. The club fell to last place after Round 7, won one of its first eight games – against defending wooden spooner St Kilda in Round 4 – and lost four games by more than ten goals. The turndown in form placed significant pressure on Carlton's off-field organisation.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
The club had engaged in optimistic preseason marketing, which included Mick Malthouse telling the media that "it’s very, very difficult to see where we’re going to lose a game"; but after only the second round, a 69-point loss against West Coast, Steven Trigg and Mark LoGiudice publicly declared that the club was in a phase of rebuilding. The following weeks were characterised by poor performances and low crowds, which resulted in speculation about Malthouse's coaching future with the club.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Early in the season, LoGiudice guaranteed that Malthouse would retain his job until the end of the season, but on May 25, he announced a revised position that Malthouse's tenure would be reviewed during the Round 11 bye week.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
The following morning, Malthouse gave an interview on SEN 1116 in which he was openly critical of the club's administration: he blamed the club's poor performances in part on the psychological effect of Trigg's and LoGiudice's talk of rebuilding; he said he believed LoGiudice's administration had never intended to retain him as coach even before the season began; and he made allegations that Adelaide, during Carlton CEO Steven Trigg's tenure there, had illegally signed a contract with Eddie Betts eighteen months before he became an eligible free agent (Betts had transferred from Carlton to Adelaide at the end of 2013 as a restricted free agent, and the AFL dismissed Malthouse's allegations). Consequently, Malthouse was dismissed that afternoon.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Backline assistant coach John Barker was installed as caretaker coach for the remainder of the season. The club's performances improved over the following six weeks, with two wins and two close losses, but the end of the season was little better than the start, and Carlton won only one of its last ten matches, finishing last on percentage. It was Carlton's first last place finish since 2006, and the fourth in the club's VFL/AFL history.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Across the season, Carlton had a record of 3–3 in six matches against other clubs in the bottom six, all of whom won seven or fewer games for the season. Against all other clubs, Carlton's record was 1–15, the sole win coming against 9th-placed Port Adelaide.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 17 September. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Patrick Cripps, who polled 68 votes to narrowly beat captain Marc Murphy (67 votes) and Zach Tuohy (64 votes). It was Cripps' first John Nicholls Medal in only his second season, having played only three senior games before the start of the season. At age 20 years 6 months, Cripps was the second-youngest winner of the Carlton best and fairest behind only John Nicholls who won aged 20 years 1 month in 1959.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Leading Goalkickers
Andrejs Everitt was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season, with 31 goals. It was the first time Everitt had won Carlton's goalkicking.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
Patrick Cripps was nominated for 2015 NAB AFL Rising Star award after his Round 4 performance against St Kilda. He was the favourite to win the award, but was ultimately voted to second place.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Blues
The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Blues during the 2015 season. It was the thirteenth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Blues seniors or reserves team in the Victorian Football League.


2015 Carlton Football Club season, Northern Blues
The club's nine home matches were split three ways, with three matches at the VFL club's traditional home ground Preston City Oval, four matches at Carlton's traditional home ground Ikon Park, and two matches played as curtain-raisers to Carlton AFL matches at Etihad Stadium. The Northern Blues finished 14th out of 15 in the VFL with a record of 4–14. Carlton's Brad Walsh won the Laurie Hill Trophy as Northern's best and fairest.


2015 Carolina Challenge Cup
The 2015 Carolina Challenge Cup was the 12th staging of the tournament. The tournament ran between February 21-28.


2015 Carolina Challenge Cup
The defending champions, D.C. United, did not participate in the 2015 edition of the tournament (due to their participation in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League), though Houston Dynamo remained along with hosts Charleston Battery. The remaining two places were filled with MLS newcomers New York City FC and Orlando City SC.


2015 Carolina Panthers season
The 2015 season was the Carolina Panthers' 21st in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Ron Rivera. This season marked the first time in team history they played on Thanksgiving. The Panthers had their best single-season turnaround in team history, going from 7-8-1 to 15-1.


2015 Carolina Panthers season
Despite waiving longtime running back and franchise rushing leader DeAngelo Williams and losing top wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to a torn ACL in the preseason, the Panthers had their best regular season in franchise history and one of the best regular seasons in NFL history. They finished the regular season 15–1, becoming the seventh team to win at least 15 regular season games since the league expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978.


2015 Carolina Panthers season
The Panthers joined the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, 1985 Chicago Bears (for whom Rivera played as a linebacker), 1998 Minnesota Vikings, 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2007 New England Patriots (who were a perfect 16–0 in the regular season) and the 2011 Green Bay Packers as the only teams to accomplish this feat.


2015 Carolina Panthers season
Carolina started the season 14–0, not only setting franchise records for the best start and the longest single-season winning streak, but also posting the best start to a season by an NFC team since the NFL–AFL merger, breaking the 13–0 record previously shared with the 2009 New Orleans Saints and the aforementioned 2011 Packers. They joined the 1972 Miami Dolphins, 2007 Patriots and 2009 Indianapolis Colts, all from the AFC, as the only teams to reach 14–0. Carolina clinched their third straight NFC South title on December 6, when the Atlanta Falcons lost earlier that day, becoming the first team to clinch a playoff berth that season, and giving the Panthers a home playoff game for the third consecutive year.


2015 Carolina Panthers season
The Panthers' undefeated streak came to an end at the hands of the Falcons in a Week 16 rematch. A week later, however, Carolina routed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to finish 15–1, giving the Panthers home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The Panthers had the league's top offense, and quarterback Cam Newton was named the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP).


2015 Carolina Panthers season
In the playoffs, the Panthers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 31–24 in the divisional round, avenging their elimination at the hands of the Seahawks from the previous season. The Panthers then blew out the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game by a score of 49–15 to reach their second Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. In the NFL's title game, the Panthers lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 by a score of 24–10, thus becoming the fifth straight team to have at least 15 victories and not win the Super Bowl.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Draft
Note: The Panthers did not have selections in the third, sixth or seventh rounds as a result of the following trades:


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Criticism
Throughout the offseason, regular season, and postseason, the 2015–16 Carolina Panthers were subjected to large amounts of criticism from the national media. One of the earliest criticisms, continuing from the previous season, concerned the team's apparent lack of good wide receivers. NBC Sports analyst Rodney Harrison, a former Super Bowl-winning safety, in particular criticized the Panthers throughout the season for what he believed to be a lack of good wide receivers although he acknowledged he did not hate the team as a whole.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Criticism
A major criticism-turned media story during the year was the 'Tennessee Mom letter', where a Tennessee mother wrote to Cam Newton after being offended at his dancing during a week 10 victory against the Titans. She later wrote an apology via The Charlotte Observer days after publishing the original letter online.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Criticism
One of the longest-lasting criticisms was the 'worst undefeated team' statement, where week after week media outlets called the Panthers the worst undefeated team ever, even while Carolina blew out its opponents. Another long-lasting criticism was the amount of NFL experts and analysts from various sports outlets picking against the Panthers. This was especially true leading up to the playoff games against Seattle and Arizona, despite Carolina's superior regular season record and undefeated record at home.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Criticism
After Super Bowl 50, Newton again came under criticism for his actions during his post-game press conference. In about a five-minute span, he answered few questions and abruptly walked out without saying why. The national media debated both sides of the issue in the following days, with people coming to Newton's defense and trying to figure out the reason behind why Newton left. Newton later offered an explanation during the team's locker clean-out day where he stated the Panthers would return to the Super Bowl.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Panthers CB Josh Norman intercepted one of Blake Bortles' passes, returning it for a touchdown and WR Jericho Cotchery caught the first Panthers offensive TD of the year as Carolina started the 2015 season 1–0. However, linebacker Luke Kuechly sustained a concussion during the game and would be out for the next three weeks.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Houston Texans
Carolina's home opener was highlighted by QB Cam Newton's flip into the end zone in the 3rd quarter. Despite the athletic move, the team still had to endure a final Houston drive to ensure the victory. With the win, the Panthers improved to 2–0.


2015 Carolina Panthers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
In a close contest the Saints, with backup QB Luke McCown starting in place of an injured Drew Brees, almost stole the victory. McCown threw for over 300 yards as the score went back and forth. On the Saints last drive, McCown's 4th quarter end zone heave was intercepted by Josh Norman, sealing the win for Carolina. With the victory, the Panthers improved to 3–0.