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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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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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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 […]
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Voters in central London are likely to see a federal election rematch on their ballot following a city councillor’s sudden withdrawal from the Tory nomination race. With the next federal election widely expected to be called as early as this week, Ward 4. Coun. Susan Stevenson says she is bowing out of the race for […]
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A rookie London MP who was born in Burundi is one of three new faces in a slimmed-down federal Liberal cabinet unveiled Friday. Arielle Kayabaga, who announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in London West almost exactly four years ago during her first term on London city council, was named government House leader and […]