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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 24, 2025 8:27 am Updated March 24, 2025 8:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Elections Ontario says the results have now been certified in two ridings that were subject to judicial recounts in last month’s provincial election. On election night, the unofficial results…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The two closest races in the recent snap provincial election look to be heading for a recount after official results from Elections Ontario confirmed they were both won by fewer than 25 votes. The ridings of Mississauga—Erin Mills and Mushkegowuk—James Bay were won by the Progressive Conservatives…
Early data from Elections Ontario suggests that the 2025 provincial election had around 45 per cent of eligible Ontarians cast their ballot, just a one percentage point higher turnout than the previous election. As of Friday morning, the Elections Ontario website indicated slightly more than 5 million out of just over 11 million eligible voters…
Across a large portion of Ontario, Doug Ford cruised to a third consecutive majority government but once again fell flat in the downtown core of Toronto on Thursday night. In the months leading up to the election, Ford had made a number of changes which appeared to be directed at voters in urban areas of…
At the end of a four-week election snap election campaign, votes have been cast and counted resulting in a legislature that is a near carbon copy of the one dissolved at the end of January. On Jan. 28, Premier Doug Ford triggered an election campaign more than a year ahead of schedule saying he needed…
Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says she will stay on as head of the party even though Global News is projecting she will not get elected to Ontario’s legislature. Crombie, who took the helm of the party in 2023, lost to Progressive-Conversative candidate Silvia Gualtieri in Mississauga East—Cooksville by just under 1,200 votes, preliminary data shows….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Greater Toronto Area is under a winter weather advisory on Thursday as people head to the polls for election day in Ontario. Environment Canada said snowfall accumulations of 2 to 5 cm are expected, though some melting is likely on paved surfaces. The weather agency said…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 26, 2025 7:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Wednesday, Feb. 26: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Oldcastle: Ford will make a campaign stop just outside of Windsor and visit the…
The future of Ontario’s Greenbelt will be re-examined again this year as the Ontario government prepares to embark on a mandatory 10-year review to determine whether parcels of land should be added or removed — a process that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have offered little information on. When the two-million-acre Greenbelt was first created by…
Thursday is election day in Ontario, and while the polls have consistently had the Progressive Conservatives cruising to re-election, there are various ridings across the province in which the results may come down to the wire or have broader implications. Here are 10 ridings to watch on election night: Mississauga East-Cooksville Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, the…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 25, 2025 6:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Tuesday, Feb. 25: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Ottawa: Ford will have a press conference at 9:15 a.m. before going to meet…
Who would be the most expensive choice for premier? That’s the question the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals are trying to answer for each other as the Ontario election campaign enters its final stretch. For close to a year, the PCs have tried to frame Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, who they see as their leader Doug…
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted February 24, 2025 11:25 am Updated February 24, 2025 11:26 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have released their platform today, with three days until election day, and it contains $40 billion in promises plus a proposal to get…
Just six per cent of eligible voters in Ontario took advantage of advance voting in this year’s general election, preliminary data shows. The figures, released by Elections Ontario on Monday morning, mark a change from previous provincial elections: in 2022, 1,066,545 eligible voters (9.92 per cent) voted over a period of 10 advance days, and…
Ontario’s top civil servant raised concerns about Doug Ford’s visit to Washington D.C. when the Progressive Conservative Party used images from the government-supported trip for partisan commercials and presented a campaign videographer and photographer as government staff, according to a newly-released letter. The controversy surrounds a mid-campaign trip Ford’s Progressive Conservative team took by private…
Bonnie Crombie recently celebrated a milestone birthday — the kind that usually prompts a big party, or at the very least a special gathering with family and close friends — but instead she sat in an office doing debate prep. Ahead of the big day, the Ontario Liberal Party leader sat down for an interview…
With the election battle entering its final week, Ontario’s major parties are hoping to convince voters to cast a ballot for them with competing commercials set to air during the 4 Nations hockey final. Team Canada is set to face off against Team U.S.A. in Boston on Thursday evening as part of a hotly-anticipated rematch…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 6:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Thursday, Feb. 20: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Milton: Ford is making an announcement and speaking to reporters at 11 a.m. Concord:…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 19, 2025 6:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Wednesday, Feb. 19: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Ford’s campaign did not release a public schedule for Wednesday. An event in Sault…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 18, 2025 6:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Tuesday, Feb. 18: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Sault Ste. Marie: Ford is making an announcement and speaking to reporters at 10…
When Vince Gasparro’s daughter suddenly fell ill last year, the “total chaos” he witnessed in the emergency department of a Toronto hospital spurred his desire to enter electoral politics. Even though his daughter ultimately received “phenomenal” care, the expected wait time displayed on a clock in the ER was more than nine hours, he said….
The Liberals are facing questions about their candidate selection process for Ontario’s snap election as the Progressive Conservative campaign continues to unearth past social media comments made by Liberal candidates. On Monday, a social media post surfaced from Viresh Bansal, the Liberal candidate for Oshawa. “You can thank India for cleaning trash people,” he wrote….
The leaders of Ontario’s four major political parties are set to meet on stage again Monday night for the second and final televised debate of the campaign. Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Leader Mike Schreiner will debate one another during the 90-minute event….
More than halfway through Ontario’s snap election campaign, the province’s major parties are staying silent on whether they have any plans to balance the budget if they form government. In the opening two weeks of the campaign, the Progressive Conservatives, Ontario Liberals and NDP have all unveiled a series of high-cost promises. The PCs have…
Bobbi Ann Brady says she pulled off the “unthinkable” in 2022 when she won a southwestern Ontario seat in the legislature running as an independent candidate. The former Progressive Conservative chose to run an independent campaign after a disagreement over how the local Tory candidate was appointed before the last election — and won. “What…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 10, 2025 6:13 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Monday, Feb. 10: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Oakville: Ford will make an announcement at 11 a.m. in Oakville. He will later…
Despite facing critical issues like student debt, job insecurity, and housing unaffordability, many of which are shaped by provincial policies, young Ontarians continue to have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic. In the last federal elections, turnout among voters between the ages of 18 and 24 was below 54 per cent, dropping to just…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 7, 2025 6:17 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most of Ontario’s main party leaders will be courting voters in northern parts of the province today, as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford returns to Toronto. NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 5, 2025 6:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Wednesday, Feb. 5: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Pickering: Ford will make an announcement at 1 p.m. in Pickering. He will also…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 4, 2025 7:01 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two of Ontario’s main party leaders are set to make stops in the national capital after Canada got a 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariff threats that dominated campaign promises at the start of…
