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 […]
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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 […]
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Rogers TV partnered with The London Free Press to hold debates for the federal election candidates running in the city’s four traditional ridings. You can watch them below and check out our list of who’s running where across the region right here. ELGIN-ST. THOMAS-LONDON SOUTH LONDON CENTRE LONDON WEST LONDON-FANSHAWE
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Candidates running in three London ridings in the federal election met with voters at an informal gathering Wednesday at Goodwill Industries on Horton Street. Organized by the London Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the London St. Thomas Association of Realtors, the event also offered an opportunity for London’s business community to speak with candidates […]
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Televised candidates’ debates in London ridings held by Rogers tv have been marred by no-show Conservative candidates. Conservative candidates in four ridings – Adam Benni in London West, Kurt Holman in London-Fanshawe, Stephen Gallant in London Centre and Andrew Lawton in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South – were absent from Rogers tv televised debates recorded recently and […]
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London’s three New Democrat MPPs have been named to opposition critic roles, including the party’s chief enforcer at Queen's Park.
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A departing Conservative MP with deep roots in a London-area riding won’t endorse any candidate to succeed her, not even the one running under her longtime party’s banner. Karen Vecchio, who had represented Elgin-Middlesex-London since 2015, said she won’t publicly support anyone to fill her vacated seat, now renamed Elgin-St. Thomas-London South after the riding’s […]
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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh followed Liberal Leader Mark Carney on the campaign trail to London on Wednesday. And like the Liberal leader, Singh did not take any questions from reporters at an evening event at the campaign office of Dirka Prout, the party’s candidate in London Centre. But Singh did comment on the executive […]
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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh followed Liberal Leader Mark Carney on the campaign trail to London on Wednesday. And like the Liberal leader, Singh did not take any questions from reporters at an evening event at the campaign office of Dirka Prout, the party’s candidate in London Centre. But Singh did comment on the executive […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney made a quick stop in London on Wednesday but didn't take any questions from reporters
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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 […]
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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 […]