8 h. ago Candidates wind down campaigns as Ontario prepares for election day

Party leaders make their final pitches to electorate as province chooses its next government on Thursday

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10 h. ago Ford says he wants to be ‘premier forever’ as parties make final election pitches

On the final day of Ontario's election campaign, the main party's leaders are all pushing to maximize the number of votes they pick up on Thursday.

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20 h. ago John A. Macdonald is still in a box at Queen’s Park. One leader says that has to change

Through Ontario's tariff-focused snap election campaign, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has demanded a statue of Sir John A. MacDonald be put back on display.

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34 h. ago The LFP Podcast, ep. 201: The Ontario election enters the home stretch

Rachel Gilbert spoke with Jonathan Juha about the Ontario election campaign, and the state of the races in the 10-riding London region

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36 h. ago The LFP Podcast, ep. 200: Doug Ford, Donald Trump and the Ontario election campaign so far

Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono about the Ontario election campaign so far, including the high polling numbers for Doug Ford

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41 h. ago Ontario NDP leader visits London stronghold as candidate's ugly exit lingers

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles campaigned in London Monday night, looking to boost her party’s three local MPPs seeking re-election while downplaying the controversial late exit of a New Democrat hopeful in the city’s fourth riding. Days from Thursday’s election, Stiles was at Winks Eatery downtown to greet about 100 people after a daylong blitz […]

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41 h. ago NDP leader visits London stronghold as candidate's ugly exit lingers

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles campaigned in London Monday night, looking to boost her party’s three local MPPs seeking re-election while downplaying the controversial late exit of a New Democrat hopeful in the city’s fourth riding. Days from Thursday’s election, Stiles was at Winks Eatery downtown to greet about 100 people after a daylong blitz […]

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43 h. ago Icy stairs and snow bank signs: campaigning in Ontario’s winter election

Falling down stairs, pushing stuck cars out of snow banks and cancelling events are just some of the challenges candidates have faced on the winter campaign trail.

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44 h. ago Ontario election: Ford and Crombie campaigns accuse one another of being ‘expensive’

Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford's campaign is trying to frame Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie as the expensive option for premier. Her campaign says that's actually Ford.

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3 d. ago Doug Ford unclear on how Ontario would pay for billions in PC campaign promises

'I believe in growing revenue,' Conservative leader says at Sault Ste. Marie campaign stop

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3 d. ago Ontario Liberals ask Auditor General to review government ads during election campaign

Ontario's Liberal party has written to the Auditor General asking for a determination on whether government ads have essentially become election campaign ads for Doug Ford.

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3 d. ago Leaders fan across province for last Sunday of Ontario election campaign

Ontario’s main party leaders are fanning out across the province again today as the final weekend of the provincial election wraps before election day. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is spending a second consecutive day in northern Ontario and is expected to visit Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury. Ford is set to release his party’s […]

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4 d. ago Ontario pauses 15 government advertising campaigns deemed to be partisan

When Doug Ford called a snap election, Ontario's top civil servant paused 15 government ad campaigns that had previously been flagged by the auditor general as partisan.

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6 d. ago ‘Energizer Bonnie’ Crombie won’t back down from a fight, friends and loved ones say

The Ontario Liberal Party leader sat down for an interview and the thought of not being with her loved ones seemed to weigh on her more heavily than the number itself.

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6 d. ago LILLEY: Strange days as Ontario election campaign winds down

We are hitting the silly season for Ontario's election as the NDP and Liberals battle for second place

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6 d. ago Doug Ford says Ontario PCs would help tear down Canada’s internal trade barriers

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says his party will work to tear down interprovincial trade barriers amid ongoing U.S. tariff threats, as he prepares for his second trip to Washington, D.C., during the Ontario election campaign. Ford says a PC government would remove all of Ontario’s remaining party-specific exemptions under the Canada Free Trade Agreement, […]

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6 d. ago Ontario election: In one London riding, a PC Party stronghold faces tariff fears

Home to a factory being built by Volkswagen that could become the largest in Canada, and auto parts plants that employ thousands, fears over Donald Trump tariff threats abound on the Ontario election campaign trail in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London. LFP reporter Brian Williams digs into the political realities and what the three major parties […]

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6 d. ago Advance polls open for Ontario’s winter election with fewer days due to early vote

The early campaign means Elections Ontario is offering fewer advance voting opportunities than in previous elections, something the organization said was necessary due to staffing.

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7 d. ago Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to an assertive Trump

BERLIN (AP) — German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament that will determine how the country is run for the next four years. Europe’s biggest economy is the 27-nation European Union’s most populous nation and a leading member of NATO, as well as the second-biggest weapons supplier to Ukraine, after […]

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7 d. ago Ontario votes: Opponents accuse Ford of ‘hiding’ during snap election

Ford last took questions in Ontario on Feb. 10 at a campaign stop in Oakville, Ont., where the number of reporters was capped at six.

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