The federal election campaign came to London Friday night, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holding separate rallies within five kilometres of each other. Facing the prospect of losing some of the 24 seats the party had in the last Parliament, Singh carved out time in the crucial home stretch of […]
The Liberal candidate in a Southwestern Ontario riding is accusing his Conservative rival of “divisive and fear-mongering politics” over a letter suggesting the government intends to end the tax-exempt status of churches. David Hilderley, running for the Liberals in Oxford, released a statement accusing Conservative incumbent Arpan Khanna of engaging in a “disinformation and smear […]
A craft brewery in St. Thomas is distancing itself from a former executive after a photo of him making an obscene gesture outside a Liberal rally in Brantford went viral on social media. Matt Janes, who is a volunteer for David Goodwin, a Liberal candidate in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South, was photographed as he held up […]
Readers have plenty of questions about the campaign, their own ridings and key issues shaping the race to form Canada's next government.
Do the Liberals have a shot in the redrawn Middlesex-London riding? We sat down with Liberal candidate Kent Keenan to learn more about him.
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A federal election candidate in a Southwestern Ontario riding says he finds it “disheartening” and “discouraging” that a large number of his election signs have been stolen. David Hilderley, the Liberal candidate in Oxford, estimates “at least 20” of his campaign’s signs have been taken from his supporters’ properties, as well as two 1.2-by-2.4-metre signs […]
Surging Liberal fortunes may pose a threat to London’s lone New Democratic Party seat in the federal election as NDP support in national polls plunged into single digits, one political analyst says.
Deb Tait wanted to run for the federal Conservatives. Now, she doesn't even want to vote for them.
As Canadians gear up to vote on April 28, four candidates have entered the election race in Huron-Bruce. As of March 25, James Rice of the Liberal Party, Melanie Burrett of the New Democratic Party (NDP), and Gregory J. McLean of the Green Party have been named as candidates in the riding alongside five-term Conservative […]
A Free Press reader says Mark Carney's skill set is irrelevant to being prime minister.
With a federal election campaign set to kick off Sunday, a Liberal candidate in a London-area riding held by the Conservatives says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs motivated him to run. David Goodwin, a first-time candidate who spent a decade as a member of the Liberal riding association including an eight-year stint as chair, said […]