Tag: Civic election 2022
WATCH: London civic election ward, mayoral debates
London’s Rogers TV has broadcast candidates debates for the city’s 14 ward battles and the mayoral race.
Pearson: This civic election is crucial to rescue diminishing democracy
London is about to enter a crucial election, and yet the public mood feels flat.
Like father, like son? Family ties together two Catholic trustee campaigns
For the Pizzuti clan, education is a family affair.
Civic election: Can mayor candidate Khalil Ramal craft another upset?
Khalil Ramal is no stranger to a come-from-behind victory. It’s what started his political career two decades ago when he clinched the Liberal nomination in a surprise win over a party veteran. A day before Liberals in London-Fanshawe nominated Ramal, a London Free Press story described him as an “unknown.” The next day, after Ramal […]
‘Crazy times’: At debate, Woodstock mayor breaks silence on criminal charges
WOODSTOCK – Incumbent Mayor Trevor Birtch spoke publicly Thursday night for the first time on what had until now been the political elephant in the campaign room: The six sexual assault charges he faces. At a debate, the two-term mayor addressed the charges without prompting in his opening remarks – the first time he’s publicly […]
CIVIC ELECTION: What fuels Josh Morgan’s drive to be mayor?
No matter how close London’s mayoral race gets before Oct. 24, it’ll be tough to get a tighter finish than Josh Morgan’s first election. It was a Western University race for the social science department’s student president. Morgan won by 12 votes. “I didn’t expect to win,” he said with a laugh. This time, with […]
Housing, transit, downtown hot issues at London mayoral debate
The London Chamber of Commerce hosted a civic election event for voters and candidates on Wednesday, posing questions to six of the city’s 10 mayoral candidates in a panel downtown.
Mayoral hopeful Khalil Ramal seeks to bolster affordable housing pledge
London mayoral candidate Khalil Ramal on Wednesday tried to bolster an ambitious pledge in his campaign with an announcement of a new affordable housing project.
Embattled area mayor exits political shadows for candidates event
WOODSTOCK – This city’s embattled incumbent mayor, Trevor Birtch, stepped out of the political shadows and onto the campaign trail Wednesday in a surprise appearance at an early morning candidates question-and-answer session.
What to expect from city council candidates as campaigns enter final stretch
Civic election candidates should be ratcheting up the retail politics and positioning themselves as inspiring leaders, political watchers say, with election day in London less than two weeks away.