7 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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7 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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7 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Burning questions as Alberta legislature set to resume

How large will the deficit be in Budget 2025, which will be brought down this Thursday by Finance Minister Nate Horner? When will we see an independent, third-party inquiry into the AHS contract allegations? And where is NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi?

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24 h. ago NDP’s Jagmeet Singh says he’s ‘absolutely’ right person to lead party

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's comments come as recent polling shows the party has lost support federally even as the Liberals regain some strength in the polls.

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26 h. ago Marit Stiles first competed in the pool. She wants to lead an orange wave in Ontario

The precision and artistry of synchronized swimming might have given the now-Ontario NDP leader a leg up in her political career.

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3 d. ago Ontario Liberals suspend Oshawa candidate over social media post

Ontario’s Liberals have suspended their candidate in Oshawa over an inflammatory social media post. The suspension for Viresh Bansal comes after several Liberal candidates called on leader Bonnie Crombie to dump him. Bansal posted a response in 2023 to an NDP statement on the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar after Prime Minister Justin […]

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7 d. ago Singh says pipelines would not be first priority for NDP energy policy

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he sees an east-west clean electricity network as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market — not new pipelines. While Singh isn’t shutting the door entirely to pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be accepted by the communities through which they’re routed, must not hurt the environment, must […]

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7 d. ago Ontario Liberals appeal to NDP voters; NDP leader says they just want party status

TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is pushing forward with a new election campaign strategy of trying to appeal to NDP voters, suggesting they should unite behind her as the way to topple the Progressive Conservatives. Crombie is pitching herself as the strongest alternative to PC Leader Doug Ford, though polls suggest the Tories […]

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8 d. ago SEE IT: Fans respect U.S. anthem, London Knights beat visiting Flint Firebirds

Down a man? That’s Denver Barkey’s time to shine.

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8 d. ago Ontario election: Party leaders to face off live in televised debate

The leaders of Ontario’s main political parties will reconvene this evening for a live studio debate with 10 days to go in the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be in Toronto for the debate hosted by CBC in […]

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8 d. ago Clock ticking for Singh before he loses his chance, again, to show Canadians he brings change

Strategists and former staffers suggest Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney may have replaced Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as the federal NDP leader's biggest threat

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