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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
With the nomination deadline over, and the contests now set, Jennifer Bieman breaks down the ridings and who's running in the London region.
Free Press reader disappointed seeing fellow Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem at sporting events.
When politicians become slaves to their party and can no longer collaborate with those of other views, they become redundant to citizens
PC candidates in London's three urban ridings have been shunning public debates during the Ontario election campaign.
North Bay will host Doug Ford, Bonnie Crombie, Mike Schreiner and Marit Stiles in a leader's debate Friday. Watch for our live coverage.
NDP Leader Marit Stiles landed Tuesday in London, where she campaigned with London North Centre candidate Terence Kernaghan and slammed Premier Doug Ford for cosying up to U.S. President Donald Trump. “I have deep concerns about the direction Doug Ford is taking. He is 100 per cent behind Donald Trump causing a lot of Ontarians […]