Here’s your primer on the five London-area races and ridings and the contests in the wider five-riding region for Monday’s federal election. LONDON CENTRE The riding: It’s sort of a new kid on the block this time with a new name — it had been London-North-Centre — and new boundaries that leave out the northernmost […]
Readers have plenty of questions about the campaign, their own ridings and key issues shaping the race to form Canada's next government.
Canadians have been plunged into a snap federal election after newly-minted Prime Minister Mark Carney, heading a minority Liberal government, called the vote for April 28 amid the unfolding Canada-U.S. trade war. Key things to know about the contests in the 10-riding London region. THE SCORECARD When Parliament was dissolved and the election called, the […]
Canadians have been plunged into a snap federal election after newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney, heading a minority Liberal government, called the vote for April 28 amid the unfolding Canada-U.S. trade war. Here are key things to know about the contests in the 10-riding London region. THE SCORECARD When Parliament was dissolved and the […]
Ontarians can be forgiven for sleepily stumbling toward the ballot box on Thursday, that's how stupefying the current campaign has been, set against the backdrop of Trump 2.0.
Mark Carney says he’s ready to stand up for Canada. The federal Liberal leadership hopeful made a stop in downtown London on Tuesday night to speak to supporters at Joe Kool’s. “This is a critical moment in our country’s history and I think we all sense it,” Carney said. It’s the second such moment in […]
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Canadians of all political stripes remembered Brian Mulroney as a “giant” and a natural leader Thursday as the country absorbed the news of the former prime minister’s death at the age of 84. Mulroney died peacefully while surrounded by his family, his daughter Caroline said on social media. Her spokesperson
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The candidate running for the Conservatives in the federal byelection in longtime stronghold Oxford said he was barred from participating in a community debate by organizers – a “disheartening” allegation an event official denies. Read More
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited London and Oxford County on Friday. A byelection set for June 19 in Oxford has already been marked by controversy over how the Conservative party chose its candidate – leading to the resignation of local party officials. In Ottawa meanwhile, Singh has pushed for a
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A former Southwestern Ontario MP in a Tory stronghold is cutting ties with his party by backing a rival Liberal in a coming byelection to replace him, one political watcher says. Read More
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Two candidates seeking the NDP nomination in the looming federal byelection in Oxford hope to turn the Tory stronghold orange following a divisive Conservative nomination race. Read More