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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
With the nomination deadline over, and the contests now set, Jennifer Bieman breaks down the ridings and who's running in the London region.
PC candidates in London's three urban ridings have been shunning public debates during the Ontario election campaign.
London-area candidate vacancies early in the provincial election campaign are a sign of bigger picture political dynamics and are unlikely to hurt parties’ chances, political watchers say. Just three of the 10 London-area ridings have a full slate of candidates from the four major parties – Progressive Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat and Green – more […]
London is getting millions from Queen’s Park to establish 60 new homelessness and addiction recovery beds at two location in the city
The off-site surgical centre across the street from Victoria Hospital is being expanded to triple its capacity, the province says. The Nazem Kadri surgical centre, named in honour of the NHL star and London native, will be renovated and expanded to add four operating rooms, bringing the total to six. The centre offers daytime, non-urgent […]
Queenâs Park and Ottawa are teaming up to provide $2.4 million to help build 40 tiny, affordable homes in St. Thomas.
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Advocates are crying foul after a London-area MP was shuffled out of her longtime post as chair of parliament’s status of women committee.