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Liberals win pair of seats in Ontario provincial byelections
Liberal candidate Andrea Hazell attends her celebration party after winning the Scarborough-Guildwood Ontario provincial byelection, in Scarborough, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Two Ontario ridings set to head to the polls for by-elections
Campaign signs for provincial byelections in the riding of Kanata-Carleton are seen, Thursday, July 20, 2023 in Ottawa. Summer is the time for barbecues, bare feet and beaches, and, for residents of two Toronto and Ottawa-area ridings, byelections. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Two Ontario provincial by-elections set for July 27
Queen’s Park in Toronto, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. The Ontario legislature is set to resume sitting after a two-month winter break that began in December. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Olivia Chow reflects on journey from immigrant to Toronto's new mayor in speech
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Toronto mayoral by-election candidates weigh in on ‘strong-mayor’ powers
Toronto mayoral candidate Mark Saunders takes part in a debate in Scarborough, Ont. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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The Liberal Party is in trouble at the provincial level
John Ibbitson
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Bonnie Crombie should quit as Mississauga mayor if she runs for Ontario Liberal party leader, Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Liberal leader hopeful Bonnie Crombie should quit her day job as mayor of Mississauga, Ont. Crombie is exploring a bid for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party. Crombie is photographed on the steps of the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto on Thursday May 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie poised to jump into race to lead Ontario Liberals
Bonnie Crombie, who is rumoured to be considering a bid for the Ontario Liberal Leadership is photographed on the steps of the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto on Thursday May 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario ombudsman tallies up woes of backlogged Landlord-Tenant Board
Ontario's ombudsman says a backlog of cases at the Landlord and Tenant Board has grown to 38,000 and it is taking an average of seven or eight months - sometimes up to two years - for a hearing to be scheduled. A for rent sign outside a home in Toronto on Tuesday July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Ontario Law Society candidates running with ‘stop woke’ slogan shut out in election
Osgoode Hall on Queen St. West is seen in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Police violations of the accused's rights in two Ontario cases resulted in quashed convictions for child pornography and weapons offences on Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
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Former Ontario Tory MP backing Liberal in byelection in riding
*one time use only* Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday February 18, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Adrian Wyld
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Will Toronto’s next mayor defend Ontario Place?
Alex Bozikovic
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Pierre Poilievre needs a Common Sense Revolution of his own
John Ibbitson
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Doug Ford says his office received CSIS briefing about Toronto MPP Vincent Ke
A man walks in front of Queen’s Park in Toronto, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. A Progressive Conservative member of Ontario's provincial parliament has resigned from caucus. Premier Doug Ford's office says in a release Friday that Vincent Ke, the member for Don Valley North, will sit as an Independent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Ontario NDP expected to retain seat as by-election held in Andrea Horwath’s old riding
A vote sign is displayed outside a polling station during advanced voting in the Ontario provincial election in Carleton Place, Ont., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ontario by-election stirs controversy as provincial NDP look to hold Hamilton seat
Sarah Jama, 23, a disability justice advocate who has cerebral palsy, poses for a portrait at her home in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Jama is happy that the new Stats Canada statistics on violence against women with disabilities due to come out later this week will give them something concrete to work with. "The numbers will validate what we have been talking about for years," she says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
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Progressive Conservative MPP Vincent Ke leaves caucus after allegations of election interference
The Ontario provincial legislature building in Toronto.
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Ontario looking ‘closely’ at B.C.’s plan for universal access to contraception, Jones says
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones attends a press conference in Etobicoke, Ont., on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.&nbsp;<br style="font-style: normal; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Jones says the province is looking "closely" at British Columbia's plan to make prescription contraception free.&nbsp;CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Evening Update: Russia mimics tactics that Ukrainian troops learned from NATO
A man walks on the street of the city of Lyman, Ukraine. 06 Mar 2023
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Ontario Court of Appeal strikes down Ford government’s election ad rules
Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers a question on health care as the legislature resumes at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb.21, 2023.&nbsp;Ontario's public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to provide them with a predictable source of money as they address a backlog of services built up over the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Hamilton Centre byelection called to fill former NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s seat
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks to supporters during her campaign event in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, June 2, 2022.&nbsp;Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called a byelection for next month to fill the Hamilton seat left vacant by Horwath.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
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For Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, the election campaign has already begun
Marit Stiles, incoming leader of the Ontario NDP, provides new information related to the integrity commissioner’s Greenbelt investigation during a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ontario Liberal Party set to consult on new leadership process
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca steps off the stage after stepping down as party leader on election night in Vaughan, Ont., Thursday, June 2, 2022. The Ontario Liberals are in no rush to select a new leader, with the party's executive council set to start consultations on changing the leadership process itself, as recommended in a report on the "devastating" 2022 election loss.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario proposes to move jury duty questionnaires online
File #: 2943953? We the Jury Empty jury box in a large, modern courtroom. Credit: iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Courtroom, Law, Courthouse, Jury Box, Legal System, Trial, Justice, Crime, Punishment, Chair, Horizontal, Wood
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Evening Update: Education workers in Ontario back on the job tomorrow
CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration in the east-end of Ottawa, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Voter turnout in Ontario municipal elections drops to new low
A voter enters a poling station to cast their ballot in Toronto's Spadina-Fort York district on Monday September 20 , 2021.&nbsp;Experts say voter fatigue, non-competitive races and the non-partisan nature of local elections likely contributed to low turnout in Ontario's municipal votes.&nbsp;THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Fatigue, non-competitive races contributed to low voter turnout in many Ontario communities: experts
Voters line up outside a voting station to cast their ballot in the Toronto's municipal election in Toronto on Monday, October 22, 2018. It's voting day in Ontario, with municipal and school board elections set to take place across the province.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario municipal elections 2022: Highlights from key mayoral races across the province
John Tory reacts on stage after winning and being elected for a third term as the mayor of Toronto, Canada's most populous city, at his campaign headquarters in Toronto on Monday Oct. 24, 2022. The 68-year-old defeated 30 other mostly unknown candidates after many criticized his record on transit, housing and other municipal issues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ontario municipal elections 2022: Here are the winners of the major mayoral races
Mark Sutcliffe puts his hand over his heart as supporters chant his name as he speaks on stage with his family by his side after being elected Mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 municipal election, in Ottawa, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Politics Briefing: Ontario to dispute summons for Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones to testify before Emergencies Act inquiry
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media after attending the opening of the Kubota's new Canadian corporate headquarters and distribution facility in Pickering, Ont. on Wednesday October 12, 2022. Ford says he supports the measures taken by the federal government to end the so-called "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ten races to watch as municipal elections held across Ontario
Former Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, who served three terms on Hamilton, Ont.’s city council starting in 1997, is running for mayor of that city in Monday’s municipal election. Horwath speaks during a provincial election campaign rally in Brampton, Ont., on May 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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What you need to know about Monday’s municipal elections in Ontario
Voters line up outside a voting station to cast their ballot in the Toronto's municipal election in Toronto on Monday, October 22 , 2018. If the past 40 years of municipal elections are any indication, a vast majority of local councils in Ontario will be elected by less than half of eligible voters on Oct. 24.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Voter fatigue, acclamations could lead to low turnout in Ontario municipal elections
Voters line up outside a voting station to cast their ballot in the Toronto's municipal election in Toronto on Monday, October 22 , 2018. If the past 40 years of municipal elections are any indication, a vast majority of local councils in Ontario will be elected by less than half of eligible voters on Oct. 24.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Controversial political fixer re-emerges in Toronto election campaign
Spiros Papathanasakis is seen walking with associates (man on right asked the Globe and Mail photographer to delete the photos and said he should expect new experiences) after the conclusion of a re-election campaign event for mayor John Tory at councillor Gary Crawford’s campaign office in Toronto, on Sunday, September 18, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail) In his campaign for public office, two-term Toronto City Councillor Gary Crawford has aligned himself with political fixer Spiros Paapathanasakis, an underground lobbyist who has publicly boasted about his ability to influence public sector contracts and his ties to organized crime. He was the subject of a 2018 Globe and Mail investigation.
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Ottawa’s mayoral election is Oct. 24. Who are the candidates, and how might Ontario’s ‘strong mayor’ law affect the winner?
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The Ontario NDP needs to change. Doug Ford’s PCs offer a blueprint
Tom Parkin