Tag: Ontario election
Ontario Votes: Routed in 2018, Liberals without candidates in 14 ridings
After the worst electoral defeat in Ontario history four years ago, the Liberals are campaigning without candidates in 14 ridings — three in the London region — in what one expert says may be an early sign the party is trying to zero in on where it can win as it tries to come back […]
Ontario Election: COVID puts biggest-ticket system in campaign crosshairs
COVID crisis, deeper problems put vital, biggest-ticket system in campaign crosshairs
Ontario election: As cost-of-living hikes strain households, voters seek relief
KINGSTON – It is a pattern repeated several times a day at the Partners in Mission Food Bank in this eastern Ontario city. Volunteers push shopping carts around the shelves filled with non-perishable food on the perimeter of the room before returning to the big table in its middle, where items are placed into shopping […]
Sidelined by election, anti-Islamophobia bill promised by NDP, Liberals
A sweeping bill to combat Islamophobia, named for the London family killed in an alleged hate-motivated attack last year, has been sidelined by the provincial election call, proposed legislation the New Democrats vow to reintroduce. The Our London Family Act, an NDP-sponsored bill launched in honour of the Afzaal family, was in committee when the […]
Ontario election: All you need to know across London region’s 10 ridings
Ready, set, vote. Lawn signs and campaign flyers are in the forecast during the next four weeks, as provincial candidates vie for votes in the London region. Wednesday is the first day of the campaign ahead of the June 2 general election. Here’s the lay of the land in the 10-riding London region as the […]
It’s official: Ontario election campaign begins Wednesday
Politicians have already been unofficially campaigning for weeks, with two out of the three major parties having released their platforms
ONTARIO ELECTION: The early outlook in the 10-riding London region
The race to the June 2 Ontario election should start next week. Here’s they early outlook in the 10-riding London region.
OSSTF endorses 4 New Democrats, 1 Liberal in London region
The union representing public high school teachers is throwing its support behind four local New Democrats and one Liberal in the June 2 election.
Who’s running where in London’s four ridings as Ontario election nears
Ontario’s big three parties have locked down all but one candidate in London’s four ridings for the June election.
After two years of COVID, London doctors sound alarm over burnout
Doctor shortages and burnout, diagnostic backlogs and patients delaying care. As the health system begins to dig out from two years of pandemic-related setbacks, the family doctor who heads a major London physicians’ group is urging voters to make health care a ballot box issue this June. Sharad Rai, president of the London District Academy […]