Tag: Ontario election 2025
London-area NDP candidate quits race after Black woman comments surface
An NDP candidate in a London-area riding who said she secretly wanted to be black woman dropped out of the race Thursday. Amanda Zavitz, who was running in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London, posted on social media she was quitting because of comments she made in a lecture in New York that surfaced this week. “After […]
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 […]
Ontario election: Five things to know about early voting
Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports. THE BIG PICTURE With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]
WATCH: Rogers TV/LFP debates – London’s Ontario election races
Below you can watch the Rogers TV/LFP all-candidates debates for the three urban London races, and one held in Elgin-Middlesex-London, as the clock ticks down to the Feb. 27 Ontario election. All the candidates were invited, though only one Progressive Conservative candidate attended. And you can also check out LFP’s breakdown of all 10 local […]
What if they held an Ontario election and nobody noticed?
Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]