Will he or won't he? Signs that Ford may call an early Ontario election stack up
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Inside Ontario's legislature, the halls are decked, the sounds of children’s choirs singing Christmas carols waft down the corridors, and in the air there’s a feeling of an election.
Inside Ontario's legislature, the halls are decked, the sounds of children’s choirs singing Christmas carols waft down the corridors, and in the air there’s a feeling of an election.
Staff and politicians alike are abuzz with early election speculation, seeing signs big and small stacking up as the legislature prepares for its winter break.
Some see the government's fast-tracking of several bills as an indication it wants to clear the legislative decks before a spring election call. Others point to a year-end deadline Premier Doug Ford has given his Progressive Conservative caucus members to decide if they'll stand for re-election.
Some say the $200 "rebate" cheques the government plans to mail to Ontario households early in the new year are evidence an election will soon follow, while others note that government ad spending is at the highest level ever.
Buzz has been building since Ford repeatedly refused to rule out calling an election earlier than the fixed June 2026 date at a press conference this spring.
All of it has the opposition parties and special interest groups reading the tea leaves and ensuring their own election planning is well underway.
"I'm hearing what everybody else is, that there are definitely plans afoot to consider calling the election early," said Liberal campaign co-chair Genevieve Tomney.
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Manitobans are being warned to prepare for closures and cancellations later this week as a wallop of winter weather hits the province.
A Lloydminster man has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal highway shooting of an Edmonton man.
Charges are pending against a 34-year-old man in connection with a stabbing in southeast Calgary.
Style advisor Dale Olsen says he doesn’t distinguish between party colours, but he doubts British Columbia Premier David Eby is well qualified to act as the fashion police.
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a home on Whitcombe Way in Morriston.
Monday was the final day on the job site for many Algoma Steel employees. Hundreds of Algoma employees worked their final shift in the last four days, part of the 1,000 job cuts announced late last year.
Londoners will be waking up to some sunshine Tuesday morning, but it will be quite brisk.
A snowy weather system has closed some schools and disrupted ferry crossings in Nova Scotia.
Celebrity food critic Keith Lee said he might have had the 'best pho' of his life at a family-run Vietnamese restaurant in Toronto.
A federal union is calling on the federal government to follow the advice of the world’s energy watchdog and allow public servants to work from home. as gas prices sit at the highest level in two years.
Agricultural land prices in Canada continued to climb last year, but some regions saw more of an increase than others, says a new report by Farm Credit Canada.
Recordings captured the moments before the crash, when one controller could be heard granting permission to the fire truck to cross the runway, before he urged the vehicle to stop, but it was too late to avoid the collision, which claimed the lives of both pilots on board.