London Free Press
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles campaigned in London Monday night, looking to boost her party’s three local MPPs seeking re-election while downplaying the controversial late exit of a New Democrat hopeful in the city’s fourth riding. Days from Thursday’s election, Stiles was at Winks Eatery downtown to greet about 100 people after a daylong blitz […]
London Free Press
Talked about for decades, high-speed rail passenger service is suddenly back in play, but Southwestern Ontario is left out. Why? Some observers say the region, which includes London, one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, lacks the political clout to make that happen and has been voting the wrong way for federal and provincial […]
London Free Press
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 […]
London Free Press
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 […]